Petrovic
"petrovic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Petrovic” is uncommon English (frequency #84,607 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,607
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-petrovic · Petrovic · English
Petrovic · rank #84,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,607
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH physiognomy
Nearest frequency peer: physiognomy (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Petrovic”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pendulous
pendulous
15,398 corpus weight
- pericardium
pericardium
15,396 corpus weight
- Petrovic
Petrovic
15,394 corpus weight
- physiognomy
physiognomy
15,393 corpus weight
- Pictou
Pictou
15,392 corpus weight
- PIF
PIF
15,391 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Petrovic” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Petrovic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Petrovic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Petrovic is uncommon English at frequency #84,607 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Serbo-Croatian.".
Petrovic has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Common Slavic surname, from Serbo-Croatian Petrović, Slovak and Slovene Petrovič, Czech Petrovič, all forms of Peter. The correct English form is Petrovic, spelled P-E-T-R-O-V-I-C.
Definition
- 1A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Etymology
Common Slavic surname, from Serbo-Croatian Petrović, Slovak and Slovene Petrovič, Czech Petrovič, all forms of Peter.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.