Magnitsky
"magnitsky" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Magnitsky” is uncommon English (frequency #67,615 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,615
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Russian tax advisor Sergei Magnitsky
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magnitsky |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Magnitsky” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Magnitsky is uncommon English at frequency #67,615 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Russian tax advisor Sergei Magnitsky".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Magnitsky, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian Магнитский (Magnitskij). The correct English form is Magnitsky, spelled M-A-G-N-I-T-S-K-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Russian tax advisor Sergei Magnitsky
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Магнитский (Magnitskij).
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 “Magnitsky”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-G-N-I-T-S-K-Y - 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.