Slavonic
/sləˈvɒ.nɪk/
"slavonic" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Slavonic” is uncommon English (frequency #54,489 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,489
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches
Corpus desk
Index EN-slavonic · Slavonic · English
Slavonic · rank #54,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,489
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slanderous
Nearest frequency peer: slanderous (-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 “Slavonic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- shriveled
shriveled
45,516 corpus weight
- Sisko
Sisko
45,514 corpus weight
- slanderous
slanderous
45,513 corpus weight
- Slavonic
Slavonic
45,512 corpus weight
- slitting
slitting
45,509 corpus weight
- snicker
snicker
45,507 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Slavonic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Slavonic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Slavonic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Slavonic is uncommon English at frequency #54,489 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /sləˈvɒ.nɪk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Slavonic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia. The correct English form is Slavonic, spelled S-L-A-V-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1A branch of the Indo-European family of languages, usually divided into three subbranches
- 2The unrecorded ancient language from which all of these languages developed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Slavonic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
South Slavonic (including Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, etc.)
East Slavonic (including Belarusian, Ukrainian, Russian, etc.), and
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Slavonicus, Sclavonicus, from Slavonia, Sclavonia.
Synonyms
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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