move in
"move-in" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“move in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-move-in · move in · English
move in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | move in |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “move in” in English
Rare enough to double-check
move in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for move in, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is move in, spelled M-O-V-E- -I-N.
Definition
- 1To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.
- 2To bring to a new place to live.
- 3To move closer.
- 4To attempt to take control (of something) forcibly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how move in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Oh yeah, what if I just moved you in so I could have sex with you every time I wanted to?"
The lions moved in for the kill.
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.