mould-breaking
"mould-breaking" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mould-breaking” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mould-breaking · mould-breaking · English
mould-breaking · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mould-breaking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mould-breaking” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mould-breaking is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mould-breaking in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From break the mould. The correct English form is mould-breaking, spelled M-O-U-L-D---B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.
Etymology
From break the mould.
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.