# movie

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmuːvi/ · frequency rank #715

## Definitions
1. A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.
2. A cinema; a movie theatre.
3. Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome.
4. An extremely fun and exciting experience.

## Etymology
From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English.

## Easily confused with
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/movie-vs-moving)
- **movies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/movie-vs-movies)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moe-vs-movie)
- **moi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moi-vs-movie)
- **Mie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mie-vs-movie)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-movie)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/move-vs-movie)
- **mode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-movie)
- **Modi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modi-vs-movie)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mole-vs-movie)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mori-vs-movie)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mote-vs-movie)
- **moved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moved-vs-movie)
- **moves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moves-vs-movie)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mouse-vs-movie)
- **Moore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-movie)
- **Marie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marie-vs-movie)
- **monte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monte-vs-movie)
- **moose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moose-vs-movie)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morse-vs-movie)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mmovie`, `moive`, `movei`, `movvie`, `mvoie`, `omvie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/movie