# Bolshevik

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɒlʃəvɪk/ · frequency rank #29,938

## Definitions
1. A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.
2. A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).

## Easily confused with
- **Bolsheviks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolshevik-vs-bolsheviks)

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbolshevik`, `bloshevik`, `bolhsevik`, `bollshevik`, `bolsehvik`, `bolsheivk`, `bolshevikk`, `bolshevki`, `bolshevvik`, `bolshhevik`, `bolshveik`, `bolsshevik`, `boslhevik`, `oblshevik`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bolshevik