# Molina

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɵˈlinə/ · frequency rank #27,565

## Definitions
1. A surname from Spanish.
2. Alonso de Molina's 1571 Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana.
3. A city in Chile.

## Etymology
From Spanish and Italian, both from Latin Molina "of a mill", from mola "mill" + -ina. Compare Miller.

## Easily confused with
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-mona)
- **Morin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-morin)
- **Moria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-moria)
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-moving)
- **Monica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-monica)
- **mowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-mowing)
- **Monika** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-monika)
- **moulin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-moulin)
- **moline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molina-vs-moline)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mina-vs-molina)
- **Moira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moira-vs-molina)
- **Malia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malia-vs-molina)
- **Moana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moana-vs-molina)
- **Malin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malin-vs-molina)
- **marina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marina-vs-molina)
- **Medina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medina-vs-molina)
- **Modena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modena-vs-molina)
- **Melinda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melinda-vs-molina)
- **molding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molding-vs-molina)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mloina`, `mmolina`, `moilna`, `molian`, `molinna`, `mollina`, `molnia`, `omlina`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/molina