Muldoon

name

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"muldoon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Muldoon” is uncommon English (frequency #54,957 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,957
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.

Key facts for Muldoon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMuldoon
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,957
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Muldoon” sits in English frequency

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

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Muldoon is uncommon English at frequency #54,957 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Muldoon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descendant of Maoldúin”), from Ó + Maoldúin. The correct English form is Muldoon, spelled M-U-L-D-O-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    A neighbourhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
  3. 3
    A town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.
  4. 4
    Someone able to deliver a lot of votes for a local political machine.

Etymology

From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descendant of Maoldúin”), from Ó + Maoldúin.

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 "Muldoon"?
"Muldoon" is spelled M-U-L-D-O-O-N.
What does "Muldoon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Muldoon" means: A surname from Irish.
What is the origin of the word "Muldoon"?
From Irish Ó Maoldúin (“descendant of Maoldúin”), from Ó + Maoldúin. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Muldoon”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-U-L-D-O-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list