Moriah

name

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

The verdict

“Moriah” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,321 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#65,321
frequency rank, English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name.

Key facts for Moriah
PropertyValue
HeadwordMoriah
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Moriah” sits in English frequency

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Moriah is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #65,321 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A female given name.".

Moriah has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Named after the Biblical Moriah. The correct English form is Moriah, spelled M-O-R-I-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name.

Etymology

Named after the Biblical Moriah.

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 "Moriah"?
"Moriah" is spelled M-O-R-I-A-H.
What does "Moriah" mean?
As a proper noun, "Moriah" means: A female given name.
What is the origin of the word "Moriah"?
Named after the Biblical Moriah. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Moriah”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-R-I-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list