money-grubbing
"money-grubbing" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“money-grubbing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fiercely avaricious for money.
Corpus desk
Index EN-money-grubbing · money-grubbing · English
money-grubbing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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-grubbing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “money-grubbing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
money-grubbing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fiercely avaricious for money.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for money-grubbing, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From money and grub (“to search for by digging in soil or dirt”). The correct English form is money-grubbing, spelled M-O-N-E-Y---G-R-U-B-B-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Fiercely avaricious for money.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how money-grubbing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nor will you think this ſtrange, when I tell you, that, take him out of his rote of official buſtle, and the jargon of Change-alley, he had not an idea beyond that money-grubbing ſphere, and was ſcarce not a born ideot, with a head as contracted as his heart[.]
Etymology
From money and grub (“to search for by digging in soil or dirt”).
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.