Zoltan

name

"zoltan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Zoltan” is uncommon English (frequency #57,189 among 265 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,189
frequency rank, English
265
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.

Corpus desk

Index EN-zoltan · Zoltan · English

Zoltan · rank #57,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,189
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 265
  • PHOTO-FINISH zookeeper

Nearest frequency peer: zookeeper (+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 “Zoltan”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Zoltan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Zoltan
PropertyValue
HeadwordZoltan
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Zoltan” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Zoltanfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “zookeeper” (#57,190), “Yogyakarta” (#57,185), “Yamazaki” (#57,184). Among 265 “Z” headwords, “Zoltan” is #57,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Zoltan is uncommon English at frequency #57,189 among 265 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Zoltan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan. The correct English form is Zoltan, spelled Z-O-L-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.

Etymology

From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.

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 "Zoltan"?
"Zoltan" is spelled Z-O-L-T-A-N.
What does "Zoltan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Zoltan" means: A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.
What is the origin of the word "Zoltan"?
From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Zoltan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list