Zoroaster
/ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/
"zoroaster" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Zoroaster” is uncommon English (frequency #85,964 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,964
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zoroaster · Zoroaster · English
Zoroaster · rank #85,964 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,964
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,810
- PHOTO-FINISH zhe
Nearest frequency peer: zhe (-3 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 “Zoroaster”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- yeehaw
yeehaw
14,048 corpus weight
- yoho
yoho
14,047 corpus weight
- Yuzuru
Yuzuru
14,045 corpus weight
- Zadok
Zadok
14,044 corpus weight
- zhe
zhe
14,040 corpus weight
- Zoroaster
Zoroaster
14,037 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Zoroaster” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zoroaster |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,964 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Zoroaster” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Zoroaster is uncommon English at frequency #85,964 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zoroaster has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra. The correct English form is Zoroaster, spelled Z-O-R-O-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
- 2Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.