# Moffat

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,846

## Definitions
1. A town and former burgh in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT085052).
2. A town in Saguache County, Colorado, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic magh (“field, plain”) + fada (“long”).

## Easily confused with
- **Moffett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moffat-vs-moffett)
- **moat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moat-vs-moffat)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mfofat`, `mmoffat`, `mofaft`, `mofat`, `moffatt`, `moffta`, `omffat`

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