Jugoslav

adj

"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.

Key facts for Jugoslav
PropertyValue
HeadwordJugoslav
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Jugoslav” in English

Jugoslavranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Dated form of Yugoslav.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Jugoslav appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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

Jugoslavian

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jugoslav"?
"Jugoslav" is spelled J-U-G-O-S-L-A-V.
What does "Jugoslav" mean?
As an adjective, "Jugoslav" means: Dated form of Yugoslav.
What language does "Jugoslav" come from?
"Jugoslav" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list