mover and shaker
"mover-and-shaker" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mover and shaker” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mover-and-shaker · mover and shaker · English
mover and shaker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | mover and shaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mover and shaker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mover and shaker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mover and shaker in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is mover and shaker, spelled M-O-V-E-R- -A-N-D- -S-H-A-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mover and shaker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The sales team sought to talk to the movers and shakers within an organization, rather than to their underlings.
He really is a mover and a shaker in those circles.
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.