Yugoslavian
"yugoslavian" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Yugoslavian” is uncommon English (frequency #72,045 among 2,763 “Y” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,045
- frequency rank, English
- 2,763
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to Yugoslavia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Yugoslavian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #72,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Yugoslavian” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Yugoslavian is uncommon English at frequency #72,045 among 2,763 “Y” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or relating to Yugoslavia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Yugoslavian in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yugoslavia + -an. The correct English form is Yugoslavian, spelled Y-U-G-O-S-L-A-V-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to Yugoslavia.
Etymology
From Yugoslavia + -an.
Synonyms
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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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Using “Yugoslavian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Y-U-G-O-S-L-A-V-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.