moos
/muːz/
"moos" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moos” is uncommon English (frequency #58,213 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,213
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of moo
Corpus desk
Index EN-moos · moos · English
moos · rank #58,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,213
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Moni
Nearest frequency peer: Moni (-3 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 “moos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moloch
Moloch
41,793 corpus weight
- monarchist
monarchist
41,792 corpus weight
- Moni
Moni
41,791 corpus weight
- moos
moos
41,788 corpus weight
- MSR
MSR
41,784 corpus weight
- Muirhead
Muirhead
41,783 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /muːz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #58,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moos is uncommon English at frequency #58,213 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /muːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of moo".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moos, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is moos, spelled M-O-O-S.
Definition
- 1plural of moo
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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