Moses basket

noun

"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 September 3, 2026) - A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

Corpus desk

Index EN-moses-basket · Moses basket · English

Moses basket · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Moses basket
PropertyValue
HeadwordMoses basket
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Moses basket” in English

Moses basketranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moses basket"?
"Moses basket" is spelled M-O-S-E-S- -B-A-S-K-E-T.
What does "Moses basket" mean?
As a noun, "Moses basket" means: A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.
What is the origin of the word "Moses basket"?
From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list