Multan
"multan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Multan” is uncommon English (frequency #60,297 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,297
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-multan · Multan · English
Multan · rank #60,297 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,297
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH murali
Nearest frequency peer: murali (+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 “Multan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- moping
moping
39,709 corpus weight
- Multan
Multan
39,704 corpus weight
- murali
murali
39,703 corpus weight
- MW3
MW3
39,702 corpus weight
- Nandini
Nandini
39,699 corpus weight
- nanometer
nanometer
39,698 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Multan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Multan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,297 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Multan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Multan is uncommon English at frequency #60,297 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Multan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin: * From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient tribe”). *… The correct English form is Multan, spelled M-U-L-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1A city in Punjab, Pakistan.
- 2A division of Punjab, Pakistan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin: * From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient tribe”). * From Old Persian mulastāna (“frontier land”).
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).