money laundering

noun

"money-laundering" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“money laundering” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.

Corpus desk

Index EN-money-laundering · money laundering · English

money laundering · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for money laundering
PropertyValue
Headwordmoney laundering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “money laundering” in English

money launderingranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

money laundering is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.".

Zero misspellings are on record for money laundering in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is money laundering, spelled M-O-N-E-Y- -L-A-U-N-D-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how money laundering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Shut up! Shut up! What is this charity!? You’re kids! You can’t fucking drive! What money laundering scheme are you operating!?

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "money laundering"?
"money laundering" is spelled M-O-N-E-Y- -L-A-U-N-D-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "money laundering" mean?
As a noun, "money laundering" means: The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
What language does "money laundering" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list