moonless
"moonless" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moonless” is uncommon English (frequency #88,623 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,623
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moonless · moonless · English
moonless · rank #88,623 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,623
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH monied
Nearest frequency peer: monied (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “moonless”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- misfiring
misfiring
11,384 corpus weight
- mixology
mixology
11,381 corpus weight
- monied
monied
11,379 corpus weight
- moonless
moonless
11,378 corpus weight
- mortgagee
mortgagee
11,377 corpus weight
- muang
muang
11,373 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “moonless” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moonless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,623 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moonless” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
moonless is uncommon English at frequency #88,623 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moonless, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From moon + -less. The correct English form is moonless, spelled M-O-O-N-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
- 2Having no natural satellite.
Etymology
From moon + -less.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moonless", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.