moon landing
"moon-landing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moon landing” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moon-landing · moon landing · English
moon landing · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | moon landing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moon landing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moon landing is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moon landing, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From moon + landing. The correct English form is moon landing, spelled M-O-O-N- -L-A-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how moon landing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Throughout our discussions and searching inquiries one object figured ever more prominently—the moon. We learned that it was technologically possible to develop a program to reach the moon, and we came to realize that since the Russians did not then have the ability to reach the moon any more than we did, we had at least a fifty-fifty chance of beating th…
Etymology
From moon + landing.
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.