Moneyball
/ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/
"moneyball" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Moneyball” is uncommon English (frequency #63,087 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,087
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baseball management relying on sabermetrics.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moneyball · Moneyball · English
Moneyball · rank #63,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,087
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH monad
Nearest frequency peer: monad (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Moneyball”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Midrash
Midrash
36,919 corpus weight
- monad
monad
36,915 corpus weight
- Moneyball
Moneyball
36,914 corpus weight
- Morita
Morita
36,911 corpus weight
- Moskowitz
Moskowitz
36,910 corpus weight
- Moy
Moy
36,908 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Moneyball” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moneyball |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Moneyball” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Moneyball is uncommon English at frequency #63,087 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmʌn.iˌbɔːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Moneyball in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: After the 2003 book by business journalist Michael Lewis; from money + ball. The correct English form is Moneyball, spelled M-O-N-E-Y-B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Baseball management relying on sabermetrics.
- 2The application of advanced analytics to any domain in order to improve outcomes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moneyball appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sure, the Florida Marlins and some others have a shot, but the “Moneyball” approach — using spreadsheets and unconventional thinking to fell baseball’s rich Goliaths — seems to have been co-opted by the big guys themselves.
Sure, statistical analysis has changed baseball's front offices for the better. A little. But most things haven't changed. The Red Sox version of Moneyball, after all, includes lots and lots of money, and there's nothing new there.
Etymology
After the 2003 book by business journalist Michael Lewis; from money + ball.
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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