Sevastopol
/ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/
"sevastopol" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sevastopol” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,614
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sevastopol · Sevastopol · English
Sevastopol · rank #38,614 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,614
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH seamstress
Nearest frequency peer: seamstress (-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 “Sevastopol”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- SDI
SDI
61,389 corpus weight
- seamstress
seamstress
61,388 corpus weight
- Sevastopol
Sevastopol
61,387 corpus weight
- shifty
shifty
61,386 corpus weight
- showman
showman
61,385 corpus weight
- Sibley
Sibley
61,384 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Sevastopol” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sevastopol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #38,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sevastopol” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around Sevastopol (IPA /ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,614 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sevastopol, with forms such as "esvastopol", "seavstopol", and "sevasotpol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Late 18th century. From Ukrainian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ) and Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστόπολις (Sebastópolis) from σεβαστός (sebastós, “august”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), probably after Empress (=Augusta) Catherine II of… The correct English form is Sevastopol, spelled S-E-V-A-S-T-O-P-O-L.
Definition
- 1A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.
Etymology
Late 18th century. From Ukrainian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ) and Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστόπολις (Sebastópolis) from σεβαστός (sebastós, “august”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), probably after Empress (=Augusta) Catherine II of Russia.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- esvastopol
- seavstopol
- sevasotpol
- sevasstopol
- sevastoopl
- sevastoplo
- sevastopoll
- sevastoppol
- sevastpool
- sevasttopol
- sevatsopol
- sevsatopol
- sevvastopol
- ssevastopol
- sveastopol
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sevastopol - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sevastopol", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.