Molina
/mɵˈlinə/
"molina" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Molina” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,565. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,565
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Spanish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-molina · Molina · English
Molina · rank #27,565 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,565
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH monde
Nearest frequency peer: monde (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Molina”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- merle
merle
72,442 corpus weight
- Molina
Molina
72,436 corpus weight
- monde
monde
72,435 corpus weight
- monochrome
monochrome
72,433 corpus weight
- mortuary
mortuary
72,432 corpus weight
- muffled
muffled
72,430 corpus weight
What this shows “Molina” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Molina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mɵˈlinə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,565 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Molina”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Molina (IPA /mɵˈlinə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #27,565 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Molina, with forms such as "mloina", "mmolina", and "moilna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "mona", "Morin", "Moria", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller. The correct English form is Molina, spelled M-O-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Spanish.
- 2Alonso de Molina's 1571 Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana.
- 3A city in Chile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Molina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But there are some simple, basic words that appear in Molina that are not attested in any of the sources for this dictionary.
If you are going to continue your Nahuatl studies, you have no alternative to acquiring a copy of Molina.
Etymology
From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mloina
- mmolina
- moilna
- molian
- molinna
- mollina
- molnia
- omlina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Molina - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Molina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).