moralistic
"moralistic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moralistic” is uncommon English (frequency #59,560 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,560
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moralistic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moralistic” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
moralistic is uncommon English at frequency #59,560 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous".
No misspelling variants are generated for moralistic in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From moral + -istic. The correct English form is moralistic, spelled M-O-R-A-L-I-S-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
Etymology
From moral + -istic.
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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Using “moralistic”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-R-A-L-I-S-T-I-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.