moneylender

noun

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"moneylender" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“moneylender” is uncommon English (frequency #89,648 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,648
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.

Corpus desk

Index EN-moneylender · moneylender · English

moneylender · rank #89,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,648
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mondragon

Nearest frequency peer: Mondragon (-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 “moneylender”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “moneylender” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moneylender
PropertyValue
Headwordmoneylender
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#89,648
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “moneylender” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).moneylenderfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Mondragon” (#89,647), “Molineux” (#89,646), “moco” (#89,645). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “moneylender” is #89,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moneylender is uncommon English at frequency #89,648 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moneylender, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From money + lender. The correct English form is moneylender, spelled M-O-N-E-Y-L-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Banchiere, a banker or Lombard, or a money lender.

Etymology

From money + lender.

Synonyms

lenderusurermoneyer

This word in other languages

prestamista(Español)usurier(Français)Geldverleiher(Deutsch)agiota(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moneylender"?
"moneylender" is spelled M-O-N-E-Y-L-E-N-D-E-R.
What does "moneylender" mean?
As a noun, "moneylender" means: A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
What is the origin of the word "moneylender"?
From money + lender. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moneylender", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mistrustful#89,642porterhouse#89,779Kazakhstani#89,516jeopardised#89,503

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list