Maslow
/ˈmazləʊ/
"maslow" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Maslow” is uncommon English (frequency #54,923 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,923
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Polish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maslow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmazləʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maslow” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maslow is uncommon English at frequency #54,923 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmazləʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Polish.".
Maslow has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A shortened variant of Maslowski, from Polish Masłowski. The correct English form is Maslow, spelled M-A-S-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1A surname from Polish.
Etymology
A shortened variant of Maslowski, from Polish Masłowski.
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 “Maslow”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-S-L-O-W - 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.