mopey
/ˈməʊpɪ/
"mopey" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mopey” is uncommon English (frequency #86,531 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,531
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mopey · mopey · English
mopey · rank #86,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,531
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mooching
Nearest frequency peer: mooching (-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 “mopey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- moko
moko
13,474 corpus weight
- monoplane
monoplane
13,472 corpus weight
- mooching
mooching
13,471 corpus weight
- mopey
mopey
13,470 corpus weight
- movingly
movingly
13,468 corpus weight
- Moyle
Moyle
13,467 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mopey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mopey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈməʊpɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mopey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mopey is uncommon English at frequency #86,531 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈməʊpɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.".
mopey has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 mope + -y. The correct English form is mopey, spelled M-O-P-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mopey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
Etymology
From mope + -y.
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.
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