Dzhokhar
/dʒoʊkɑːr/
"dzhokhar" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dzhokhar” is uncommon English (frequency #72,259 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,259
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Russian [in turn from Chechen].
Corpus desk
Index EN-dzhokhar · Dzhokhar · English
Dzhokhar · rank #72,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,259
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Duong
Nearest frequency peer: Duong (-2 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 “Dzhokhar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Douro
Douro
27,747 corpus weight
- dungarees
dungarees
27,745 corpus weight
- Duong
Duong
27,744 corpus weight
- Dzhokhar
Dzhokhar
27,742 corpus weight
- ebbed
ebbed
27,739 corpus weight
- effendi
effendi
27,736 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dzhokhar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “Dzhokhar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dzhokhar is uncommon English at frequency #72,259 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dʒoʊkɑːr/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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].
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dzhokhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, was still being sought, officials said. He is believed to be the suspect who was identified as wearing a white baseball cap in surveillance video from the area where the bombings took place.
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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