perestroika
/pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/
"perestroika" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perestroika” is uncommon English (frequency #60,355 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,355
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perestroika |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perestroika” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perestroika is uncommon English at frequency #60,355 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɛɹ.ɪˈstɹɔɪ.kə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perestroika, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”). The correct English form is perestroika, spelled P-E-R-E-S-T-R-O-I-K-A.
Definition
- 1A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 2The period of time in the Soviet Union during which these reforms were carried out and in effect.
- 3A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian перестро́йка (perestrójka, “restructuring”).
This word in other languages
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 “perestroika”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-E-R-E-S-T-R-O-I-K-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.