MPLA
"mpla" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MPLA” is uncommon English (frequency #95,162 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,162
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Corpus desk
Index EN-mpla · MPLA · English
MPLA · rank #95,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,162
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moxy
Nearest frequency peer: moxy (-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 “MPLA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- motherfuck
motherfuck
4,843 corpus weight
- mouthguard
mouthguard
4,841 corpus weight
- moxy
moxy
4,840 corpus weight
- MPLA
MPLA
4,839 corpus weight
- MRAP
MRAP
4,838 corpus weight
- muckle
muckle
4,837 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “MPLA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MPLA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “MPLA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
MPLA is uncommon English at frequency #95,162 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola".
MPLA has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola. The correct English form is MPLA, spelled M-P-L-A.
Definition
- 1Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how MPLA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Is this the MPLA / Or is this the UDA / Or is this the IRA / I thought it was the UK
Etymology
From Portuguese Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola.
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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