moxy
"moxy" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moxy” is uncommon English (frequency #95,161 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,161
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of moxie.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moxy · moxy · English
moxy · rank #95,161 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,161
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mouthguard
Nearest frequency peer: mouthguard (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “moxy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- motherfuck
motherfuck
4,843 corpus weight
- mouthguard
mouthguard
4,841 corpus weight
- moxy
moxy
4,840 corpus weight
- MPLA
MPLA
4,839 corpus weight
- MRAP
MRAP
4,838 corpus weight
- muckle
muckle
4,837 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “moxy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moxy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “moxy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
moxy is uncommon English at frequency #95,161 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of moxie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for moxy, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is moxy, spelled M-O-X-Y.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of moxie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how moxy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You've got charm and energy and sass and moxy and you drive a fast car and you're smart and sexy.
At the end, it said, “Are you interested in acting in machinima? Contact Laurina Hawks.” And so I did! I mean little newbish me, just all the moxy in the world, just like, “Yeah! I’m gonna contact this director! I would like to be in a machinima!”
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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