mopped

adj

"mopped" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mopped” is uncommon English (frequency #55,602 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,602
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haired.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mopped · mopped · English

mopped · rank #55,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,602
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Moloney

Nearest frequency peer: Moloney (-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 “mopped”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mopped” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mopped
PropertyValue
Headwordmopped
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mopped” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).moppedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Moloney” (#55,601), “morro” (#55,603), “Molinari” (#55,600). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mopped” is #55,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mopped is uncommon English at frequency #55,602 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haired.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mopped, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is mopped, spelled M-O-P-P-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Haired.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mopped appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There was more in the same vein before an anti-climactic conclusion: “This horror is obviously a satire of today’s long-mopped singing groups, but it has failed. It is in a class by itself – if it can be classified.”
  2. So when JD Emmenthaler lit from Dallas with ginger hair, black boots, tan Stetson, and wads of long green money, no one on either side of the village took much notice of him, his blonde-mopped wife Narcissa with her red Corvette she sashayed all over La Mancha in, or his small son Travis, except to note that the latter was a snotty little ass.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mopped"?
"mopped" is spelled M-O-P-P-E-D.
What does "mopped" mean?
As an adjective, "mopped" means: Haired.
What language does "mopped" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mopped", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list