mould-breaking

adj

"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

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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.

Key facts for mould-breaking
PropertyValue
Headwordmould-breaking
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mould-breaking” in English

mould-breakingranks 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

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

  1. 1
    Using 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mould-breaking"?
"mould-breaking" is spelled M-O-U-L-D---B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G.
What does "mould-breaking" mean?
As an adjective, "mould-breaking" means: Using or involving the use of original, innovative and unconventional methods; departing from tradition.
What is the origin of the word "mould-breaking"?
From break the mould. 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