# moiety

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/ · frequency rank #47,767

## Definitions
1. A half.
2. A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
3. Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
4. A specific segment of a molecule.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dʰi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.

## Easily confused with
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moiety-vs-money)
- **moist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moiety-vs-moist)
- **Monty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moiety-vs-monty)
- **Morty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moiety-vs-morty)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moiety-vs-monet)
- **misty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/misty-vs-moiety)
- **minty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minty-vs-moiety)
- **modesty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modesty-vs-moiety)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mioety`, `mmoiety`, `moeity`, `moietty`, `moietyy`, `moieyt`, `moitey`, `omiety`

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