Comintern
/ˈkɒmɪntəːn/
"comintern" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Comintern” is uncommon English (frequency #64,277 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,277
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Comintern |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒmɪntəːn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,277 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Comintern” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Comintern is uncommon English at frequency #64,277 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkɒmɪntəːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Comintern, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Коминте́рн (Komintérn), contracted abbreviation of Коммуни́сти́ческий Интернациона́л (Kommunístíčeskij Intɛrnacionál, “Communist International”), from коммунисти́ческий (kommunistíčeskij) + Интернациона́л (Intɛrnacionál). The correct English form is Comintern, spelled C-O-M-I-N-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1An international association of Communist parties, established in 1919 by Vladimir Lenin and dissolved in 1943.
Etymology
From Russian Коминте́рн (Komintérn), contracted abbreviation of Коммуни́сти́ческий Интернациона́л (Kommunístíčeskij Intɛrnacionál, “Communist International”), from коммунисти́ческий (kommunistíčeskij) + Интернациона́л (Intɛrnacionál).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Comintern”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-I-N-T-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.