moonraker
/ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/
"moonraker" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moonraker” is uncommon English (frequency #83,531 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,531
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone from Wiltshire.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moonraker · moonraker · English
moonraker · rank #83,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,531
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moodle
Nearest frequency peer: moodle (-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 “moonraker”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- misspent
misspent
16,478 corpus weight
- monism
monism
16,474 corpus weight
- monoclinic
monoclinic
16,473 corpus weight
- moodle
moodle
16,471 corpus weight
- moonraker
moonraker
16,470 corpus weight
- mouser
mouser
16,466 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moonraker” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moonraker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moonraker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moonraker is uncommon English at frequency #83,531 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moonraker, 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From moon + raker. (someone from Wiltshire): After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out. The correct English form is moonraker, spelled M-O-O-N-R-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone from Wiltshire.
- 2A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.
Etymology
From moon + raker. (someone from Wiltshire): After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.
Synonyms
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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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).