molden
verb
molden is a verb meaning “To become covered with mold; become moldy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-L-D-E-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does molden mean?
verb
- 1
To become covered with mold; become moldy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce molden?
Molden has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of molden
- moldens present, singular, he/she/it
- moldening participle, present
- moldened participle, past
- moulden
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is molden?
Molden appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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).
Where does molden come from?
From mold + -en (verbal suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).