# modest

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɑdəst/ · frequency rank #6,811

## Definitions
1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
2. Small, moderate in size.
3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
4. Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

## Etymology
From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.

## Easily confused with
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-most)
- **mods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-mods)
- **moves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-moves)
- **Moses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-moses)
- **moist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-moist)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-monet)
- **modus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-modus)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-mores)
- **moment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-moment)
- **molest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-molest)
- **modesty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-modesty)
- **Modesto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-modesto)
- **modestly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modest-vs-modestly)
- **mode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-modest)
- **model** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/model-vs-modest)
- **midst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midst-vs-modest)
- **modem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-modest)
- **modern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modern-vs-modest)
- **models** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/models-vs-modest)
- **Modena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modena-vs-modest)

## Common misspellings (9)
`mdoest`, `mmodest`, `moddest`, `modesst`, `modestt`, `modets`, `modset`, `moedst`, `omdest`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/modest