microloan
noun
microloan is spelled M-I-C-R-O-L-O-A-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microloan means “A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microloan is microloans.
How many letters and syllables are in microloan?
| Letters | 9: M-I-C-R-O-L-O-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microloan?
Microloan appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of microloan
- microloans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microloan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.
He got a one hundred dollar microloan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microloan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small loan given to a poor person to enable him to become self-employed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mikrokredit |
| Portuguese | microempréstimo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does microloan come from?
From micro- + loan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).