moulding
"moulding" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moulding” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,599
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of molding.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moulding · moulding · English
moulding · rank #34,599 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,599
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mufti
Nearest frequency peer: mufti (+2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “moulding”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mindedness
mindedness
65,408 corpus weight
- mishaps
mishaps
65,406 corpus weight
- moulding
moulding
65,402 corpus weight
- mufti
mufti
65,400 corpus weight
- Mukherjee
Mukherjee
65,398 corpus weight
- multivariate
multivariate
65,397 corpus weight
What this shows “moulding” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moulding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “moulding”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around moulding, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,599 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of molding.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for moulding, with forms such as "mmoulding", "moluding", and "moudling". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "moulin", "mulling", "mounting", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is moulding, spelled M-O-U-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of molding.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moulding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace.
The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmoulding
- moluding
- moudling
- mouldding
- mouldign
- mouldingg
- mouldinng
- mouldnig
- moulidng
- moullding
- muolding
- omulding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moulding - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moulding", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).