Prokofiev
"prokofiev" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Prokofiev” is uncommon English (frequency #66,217 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,217
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A transliteration of the Russian surname Прокофьев (Prokofʹjev).
Corpus desk
Index EN-prokofiev · Prokofiev · English
Prokofiev · rank #66,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,217
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH proliferative
Nearest frequency peer: proliferative (+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 “Prokofiev”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- preemptively
preemptively
33,790 corpus weight
- prenuptial
prenuptial
33,788 corpus weight
- Prokofiev
Prokofiev
33,784 corpus weight
- proliferati…
proliferative
33,783 corpus weight
- prostagland…
prostaglandin
33,782 corpus weight
- Prout
Prout
33,779 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Prokofiev” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Prokofiev |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Prokofiev” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Prokofiev is uncommon English at frequency #66,217 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A transliteration of the Russian surname Прокофьев (Prokofʹjev).".
Prokofiev doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Проко́фьев (Prokófʹjev). The correct English form is Prokofiev, spelled P-R-O-K-O-F-I-E-V.
Definition
- 1A transliteration of the Russian surname Прокофьев (Prokofʹjev).
Etymology
From Russian Проко́фьев (Prokófʹjev).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).