Dostoevsky
"dostoevsky" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dostoevsky” is uncommon English (frequency #52,281 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,281
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Corpus desk
Index EN-dostoevsky · Dostoevsky · English
Dostoevsky · rank #52,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,281
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH draughts
Nearest frequency peer: draughts (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Dostoevsky”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dogecoin
dogecoin
47,724 corpus weight
- doobie
doobie
47,722 corpus weight
- Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky
47,720 corpus weight
- draughts
draughts
47,719 corpus weight
- droop
droop
47,718 corpus weight
- duce
duce
47,717 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dostoevsky” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dostoevsky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,281 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dostoevsky” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dostoevsky is uncommon English at frequency #52,281 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dostoevsky, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij). The correct English form is Dostoevsky, spelled D-O-S-T-O-E-V-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
Etymology
From Russian Достое́вский (Dostojévskij).
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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