Dzhokhar
/dʒoʊkɑːr/
"dzhokhar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dzhokhar” is an uncommon English word, ranked #72,259 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #72,259
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dzhokhar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dʒoʊkɑːr/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dzhokhar” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dzhokhar is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dʒoʊkɑːr/. Corpus data places it at rank #72,259 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dzhokhar in our index, 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 Джохар (Džoxar), from Chechen Джовхӏар (Džovhar). The correct English form is Dzhokhar, spelled D-Z-H-O-K-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
Etymology
From Russian Джохар (Džoxar), from Chechen Джовхӏар (Džovhar).
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 “Dzhokhar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-Z-H-O-K-H-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dʒoʊkɑːr/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.