moodiness
/ˈmuːdɪnəs/
"moodiness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moodiness” is uncommon English (frequency #91,819 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,819
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being moody.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moodiness · moodiness · English
moodiness · rank #91,819 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,819
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mortenson
Nearest frequency peer: Mortenson (+2 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 “moodiness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mithridates
Mithridates
8,191 corpus weight
- MNG
MNG
8,189 corpus weight
- modeller
modeller
8,188 corpus weight
- molehill
molehill
8,187 corpus weight
- moodiness
moodiness
8,182 corpus weight
- Mortenson
Mortenson
8,180 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moodiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moodiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmuːdɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,819 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moodiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moodiness is uncommon English at frequency #91,819 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmuːdɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being moody.".
Zero misspellings are on record for moodiness in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Either inherited from Middle English modinesse (“pride”), from Old English mōdiġnes, or formed anew from moody + -ness. The correct English form is moodiness, spelled M-O-O-D-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The property of being moody.
Etymology
Either inherited from Middle English modinesse (“pride”), from Old English mōdiġnes, or formed anew from moody + -ness.
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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