Stalinist
"stalinist" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Stalinist” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,106 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #39,106
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of, relating to, or resembling Joseph Stalin, a Bolshevik revolutionary.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Stalinist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #39,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Stalinist” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Stalinist is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #39,106 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Stalinist, with forms such as "satlinist", "sstalinist", and "stailnist". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Stalin + -ist. The correct English form is Stalinist, spelled S-T-A-L-I-N-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1Of, relating to, or resembling Joseph Stalin, a Bolshevik revolutionary.
- 2Of or relating to Stalinism.
- 3Of, relating to, or resembling the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin; Stalin-era.
Etymology
From Stalin + -ist.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: satlinist,sstalinist,stailnist,staliinst,stalinisst,stalinistt,stalinits,stalinnist,stalinsit,stallinist,stalniist,stlainist,sttalinist,tsalinist
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Stalinist - 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.
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Using “Stalinist”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-A-L-I-N-I-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.