moralistic
"moralistic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moralistic” is uncommon English (frequency #59,560 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,560
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
Corpus desk
Index EN-moralistic · moralistic · English
moralistic · rank #59,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,560
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mordred
Nearest frequency peer: Mordred (+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 “moralistic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mna
mna
40,445 corpus weight
- mola
mola
40,444 corpus weight
- moralistic
moralistic
40,441 corpus weight
- Mordred
Mordred
40,440 corpus weight
- Morgen
Morgen
40,438 corpus weight
- mouthwateri…
mouthwatering
40,437 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moralistic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “moralistic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moralistic is uncommon English at frequency #59,560 among 4,057 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how moralistic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.
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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