immoderate
"immoderate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“immoderate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not moderate; excessive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-immoderate · immoderate · English
immoderate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | immoderate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “immoderate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
immoderate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Not moderate; excessive.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for immoderate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The correct English form is immoderate, spelled I-M-M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Not moderate; excessive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how immoderate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many of the initial responses to GPT-4’s exam prowess were predictably immoderate: AI can keep up with human lawyers, or apply to Stanford, or make “education” useless.
Etymology
From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.