Zarathustra
"zarathustra" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Zarathustra” is uncommon English (frequency #66,422 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,422
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Zoroaster.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zarathustra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zarathustra” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zarathustra is uncommon English at frequency #66,422 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Zoroaster.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Zarathustra in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From German Zarathustra, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zoroaster. The correct English form is Zarathustra, spelled Z-A-R-A-T-H-U-S-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Zoroaster.
Etymology
From German Zarathustra, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zoroaster.
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 “Zarathustra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Z-A-R-A-T-H-U-S-T-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.