money
/ˈmʌn.i/
"money" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“money” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #210 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #210
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A generally accepted means of exchange.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | money |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌn.i/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “money” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for money is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmʌn.i/. Corpus data places it at rank #210 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for money, with forms such as "mmoney", "mnoey", and "moeny". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "more", "move", "monk", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a pla… The correct English form is money, spelled M-O-N-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A generally accepted means of exchange.
- 2A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
- 3Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
- 4The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
- 5Wealth.
- 6A person, family or class that possesses wealth.
- 7An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
- 8A person who funds an operation.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azeri or Turkmen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmoney,mnoey,moeny,moneyy,monney,monye,omney
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of money - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “money”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-N-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmʌn.i/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “more” - see the side-by-side comparison. money vs more
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.