Moses basket
"moses-basket" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Moses basket” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moses basket |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Moses basket” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Moses basket is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Moses basket in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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: From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10). The correct English form is Moses basket, spelled M-O-S-E-S- -B-A-S-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.
Etymology
From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Moses basket”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-S-E-S- -B-A-S-K-E-T - 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.