moley
"moley" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moley” is uncommon English (frequency #85,532 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,532
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
Corpus desk
Index EN-moley · moley · English
moley · rank #85,532 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,532
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Moncrief
Nearest frequency peer: Moncrief (+2 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 “moley”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Midgley
Midgley
14,480 corpus weight
- misanthropy
misanthropy
14,476 corpus weight
- moley
moley
14,469 corpus weight
- Moncrief
Moncrief
14,467 corpus weight
- Morimoto
Morimoto
14,461 corpus weight
- motioning
motioning
14,460 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moley” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moley” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moley is uncommon English at frequency #85,532 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for moley, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mole + -y. The correct English form is moley, spelled M-O-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing insectivores).
- 2Having numerous moles (naevi)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although the snouts of moles twitch less than those of shrews, particularly elephant shrews, Dobson was enamoured of what he considered the more “moley” twitching of the snouts of moles.
Happily for him, Fallowlees is a moley paradise. Moles have long been a fascination of Bill's, and he can often be found staring longingly at a molehill.
Etymology
From mole + -y.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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