money laundering
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | money laundering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “money laundering” in English
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
- 1The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how money laundering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.