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 May 6, 2026) - The safe arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moon landing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moon landing” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “moon landing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-O-N- -L-A-N-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.