Mariupol
/mɑː.ɹiˈuː.poʊl/
"mariupol" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mariupol” is uncommon English (frequency #62,298 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,298
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mariupol · Mariupol · English
Mariupol · rank #62,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,298
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Marianas
Nearest frequency peer: Marianas (-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 “Mariupol”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mansur
Mansur
37,706 corpus weight
- Marbury
Marbury
37,705 corpus weight
- Marianas
Marianas
37,704 corpus weight
- Mariupol
Mariupol
37,703 corpus weight
- marvell
marvell
37,701 corpus weight
- maslin
maslin
37,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mariupol” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mariupol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mɑː.ɹiˈuː.poʊl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,298 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mariupol” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mariupol is uncommon English at frequency #62,298 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mɑː.ɹiˈuː.poʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mariupol in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Russian Мариу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Greek Μαριούπολη (Marioúpoli), from being named after the Virgin Mary, Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Crimean Greek city of Mariampol, from Μαρία (María) + πόλη (póli). The correct English form is Mariupol, spelled M-A-R-I-U-P-O-L.
Definition
- 1A city in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine, on the shore of the Sea of Azov, of the Black Sea.
- 2A raion of Donetsk Oblast, Donbas, in southeastern Ukraine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mariupol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The empreſs defrayed the expences of their tranſport from the Krim, and aſſigned to them a conſiderable tract of country bordering on the Solonoya and the ſea of Azof : the merchants, however, and the trading part of the colony were ſent to the newly-erected towns of Ekatarinoſlaf and Mariupol.
The importance of their capture was obstructed, however, by the greater stakes of Rostov and Kharkov. The fall of either would be a major German catastrophe. An even graver danger threatened the Germans as troops seventy miles north of Mariupol, 100 miles west of Rostov on the Sea of Azov, drove south toward the tide water, threatening to envelop 500,000…
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian Маріу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Russian Мариу́поль (Mariúpolʹ), from Greek Μαριούπολη (Marioúpoli), from being named after the Virgin Mary, Empress Maria Feodorovna, the Crimean Greek city of Mariampol, from Μαρία (María) + πόλη (póli).
Synonyms
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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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