moment
mo·ment/ˈmoʊmənt/noun
moment is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T, 2 syllables: mo·ment. The wrong spelling people search most is momment: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 30 of all searches for the word. Moment is a noun meaning “A particular point of space; a spot”. The plural of moment is moments.
How many letters and syllables are in moment?
| Letters | 6: M-O-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mo·ment |
| In writing | 174 times per million words; the 576th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, momment, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell moment?
Moment is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 26 of the searches for moment in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is moment?
Moment appears 174 times per million words in written English, the 576th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce moment?
- UK /ˈməʊmənt/
- US /ˈmoʊmənt/
- US /ˈmolmɛnt/
Moment has 2 syllables, split mo·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-moment.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of moment
- moments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does moment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A particular point of space; a spot.
- 2
A particular point of time; an instant.
- 3
A brief, unspecified amount of time.
Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
- 4
Weight or importance.
- 5
Ellipsis of moment of force.
- 6
A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- 7
informalA petit mal episode; such a spell.
- 8
colloquialA fit; a brief tantrum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate moment?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of moment: mo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Moment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | instant, moment |
| German | Augenblick, Moment, Zeitpunkt |
| Portuguese | instante, momento |
| Spanish | momento, ratito, instante , vahído |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does moment come from?
From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).