Moskowitz
"moskowitz" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Moskowitz” is uncommon English (frequency #63,091 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,091
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moskowitz · Moskowitz · English
Moskowitz · rank #63,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,091
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Morita
Nearest frequency peer: Morita (-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 “Moskowitz”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moneyball
Moneyball
36,914 corpus weight
- Morita
Morita
36,911 corpus weight
- Moskowitz
Moskowitz
36,910 corpus weight
- Moy
Moy
36,908 corpus weight
- MSFT
MSFT
36,907 corpus weight
- mth
mth
36,906 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Moskowitz” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moskowitz |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,091 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Moskowitz” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Moskowitz is uncommon English at frequency #63,091 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Moskowitz has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Moskowitz, spelled M-O-S-K-O-W-I-T-Z.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Moskowitz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.
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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