Ustinov
"ustinov" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ustinov” is uncommon English (frequency #95,567 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,567
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Russian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ustinov · Ustinov · English
Ustinov · rank #95,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,567
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH ustad
Nearest frequency peer: ustad (-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 “Ustinov”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- UNR
UNR
4,439 corpus weight
- upcountry
upcountry
4,438 corpus weight
- ustad
ustad
4,435 corpus weight
- Ustinov
Ustinov
4,434 corpus weight
- util
util
4,432 corpus weight
- utz
utz
4,431 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ustinov” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ustinov |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Ustinov” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Ustinov is uncommon English at frequency #95,567 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Russian.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ustinov in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Russian Устинов (Ustinov). The correct English form is Ustinov, spelled U-S-T-I-N-O-V.
Definition
- 1A surname from Russian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ustinov appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The daughter of Peter Ustinov and the niece of Angela Lansbury, Tamara Ustinov has been active on stage since the '60s and on screen since 1970.
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Устинов (Ustinov).
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.