Jugoslav
"jugoslav" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Jugoslav” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dated form of Yugoslav.
Corpus desk
Index EN-jugoslav · Jugoslav · English
Jugoslav · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jugoslav |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Jugoslav” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Jugoslav is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dated form of Yugoslav.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Jugoslav in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Jugoslav, spelled J-U-G-O-S-L-A-V.
Definition
- 1Dated form of Yugoslav.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Jugoslav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From Skoplje [Skopje] the Paris-Athens coaches, with perhaps some vans, are worked separately to Gevgeli, the Jugoslav frontier station, with a 45-min. stop, and thence, with Eastern European time, one hour ahead, on to Idomeni, where the Hellenic State Railways take over, and the Greek frontier formalities take place during another 40-min. halt.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.