zloty
/zlɒti/
"zloty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“zloty” is uncommon English (frequency #90,090 among 2,810 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,090
- frequency rank, English
- 2,810
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-zloty · zloty · English
zloty · rank #90,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,090
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,810
- PHOTO-FINISH Zend
Nearest frequency peer: Zend (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “zloty”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Zajac
Zajac
9,913 corpus weight
- Zend
Zend
9,912 corpus weight
- zloty
zloty
9,911 corpus weight
- zodiacal
zodiacal
9,910 corpus weight
- zouk
zouk
9,909 corpus weight
- Zuo
Zuo
9,908 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “zloty” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zloty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /zlɒti/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zloty” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zloty is uncommon English at frequency #90,090 among 2,810 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /zlɒti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zloty, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Polish złoty. The correct English form is zloty, spelled Z-L-O-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish złoty.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency 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.