molle

adj

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"molle" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“molle” is uncommon English (frequency #73,448 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,448
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - flat; lowered by a semitone

Corpus desk

Index EN-molle · molle · English

molle · rank #73,448 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,448
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Moncada

Nearest frequency peer: Moncada (+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 “molle”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “molle” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for molle
PropertyValue
Headwordmolle
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “molle” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mollefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Moncada” (#73,450), “mobbing” (#73,445), “monosyllabic” (#73,452). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “molle” is #73,448. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

molle is uncommon English at frequency #73,448 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "flat; lowered by a semitone".

No misspelling variants are generated for molle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: See moll. The correct English form is molle, spelled M-O-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    flat; lowered by a semitone

Etymology

See moll.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "molle"?
"molle" is spelled M-O-L-L-E.
What does "molle" mean?
As an adjective, "molle" means: flat; lowered by a semitone
What is the origin of the word "molle"?
See moll. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "molle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

minny#73,440mulla#73,461melty#73,426Naoko#73,470

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list