moralist
"moralist" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moralist” is uncommon English (frequency #77,003 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,003
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moralist · moralist · English
moralist · rank #77,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,003
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Morneau
Nearest frequency peer: Morneau (+2 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 “moralist”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Misrata
Misrata
23,005 corpus weight
- monetarily
monetarily
23,003 corpus weight
- moralist
moralist
22,998 corpus weight
- Morneau
Morneau
22,996 corpus weight
- mosey
mosey
22,995 corpus weight
- Moxon
Moxon
22,992 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moralist” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moralist |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moralist” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moralist is uncommon English at frequency #77,003 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
moralist has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From moral + -ist. The correct English form is moralist, spelled M-O-R-A-L-I-S-T.
Definition
- 1One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
- 2A teacher of morals; a person who studies morality; a moral philosopher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how moralist appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What must the old man have felt as, in ghastly terrifying solitude, by the light of one lamp feebly illuminating a little space of gloom, he in a few brief lines daubed the history of his nation's death upon the cavern wall? What a subject for the moralist, or the painter, or indeed for any one who can think!
Etymology
From moral + -ist.
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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