Sokolov
"sokolov" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sokolov” is uncommon English (frequency #73,644 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,644
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Russian
Corpus desk
Index EN-sokolov · Sokolov · English
Sokolov · rank #73,644 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,644
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SoCo
Nearest frequency peer: SoCo (-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 “Sokolov”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- snakebite
snakebite
26,361 corpus weight
- snowdrop
snowdrop
26,360 corpus weight
- SoCo
SoCo
26,358 corpus weight
- Sokolov
Sokolov
26,357 corpus weight
- southeaster…
southeasterly
26,354 corpus weight
- Soyinka
Soyinka
26,353 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Sokolov” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sokolov |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Sokolov” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Sokolov is uncommon English at frequency #73,644 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Sokolov in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian Соколо́в (Sokolóv). The correct English form is Sokolov, spelled S-O-K-O-L-O-V.
Definition
- 1A surname from Russian
- 2A transliteration of the Russian surname Соколов (Sokolov).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sokolov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When Mikhail Sokolov signed up to work for the FSB security services, he never imagined his journey would end here: in a crowded refugee camp on the outskirts of a sleepy town in the rural Netherlands.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Соколо́в (Sokolóv).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).