money box
"money-box" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“money box” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tin, often with a slot in the top, for depositing coins, used by children to save money.
Corpus desk
Index EN-money-box · money box · English
money box · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | money box |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “money box” in English
Rare enough to double-check
money box is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tin, often with a slot in the top, for depositing coins, used by children to save money.".
money box has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is money box, spelled M-O-N-E-Y- -B-O-X.
Definition
- 1A tin, often with a slot in the top, for depositing coins, used by children to save money.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how money box appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“[…]We had an old lady come in with £2 worth of 5ps.” “She raided her money box,” said McCormack.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.