Moldovan

noun

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"moldovan" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Moldovan” is uncommon English (frequency #55,599 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,599
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Corpus desk

Index EN-moldovan · Moldovan · English

Moldovan · rank #55,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,599
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Miyuki

Nearest frequency peer: Miyuki (-1 rank slots)

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Moldovan”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Moldovan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Moldovan
PropertyValue
HeadwordMoldovan
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Moldovan” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).Moldovanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Miyuki” (#55,598), “Molinari” (#55,600), “Moloney” (#55,601). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Moldovan” is #55,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Moldovan is uncommon English at frequency #55,599 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Moldovan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Moldova + -an. The correct English form is Moldovan, spelled M-O-L-D-O-V-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Etymology

From Moldova + -an.

This word in other languages

moldavo(Español)Moldave(Français)Moldauer(Deutsch)moldávio(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moldovan"?
"Moldovan" is spelled M-O-L-D-O-V-A-N.
What does "Moldovan" mean?
As a noun, "Moldovan" means: An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.
What is the origin of the word "Moldovan"?
From Moldova + -an. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Moldovan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Molinari#55,600masthead#55,588masterly#55,586marzipan#55,585

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list