MSFT
"msft" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MSFT” is uncommon English (frequency #63,094 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,094
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbreviation of Microsoft.
Corpus desk
Index EN-msft · MSFT · English
MSFT · rank #63,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,094
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Moy
Nearest frequency peer: Moy (-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 “MSFT”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moskowitz
Moskowitz
36,910 corpus weight
- Moy
Moy
36,908 corpus weight
- MSFT
MSFT
36,907 corpus weight
- mth
mth
36,906 corpus weight
- multiyear
multiyear
36,905 corpus weight
- Nabisco
Nabisco
36,904 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “MSFT” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MSFT |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #63,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “MSFT” in English
Rare enough to double-check
MSFT is uncommon English at frequency #63,094 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbreviation of Microsoft.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for MSFT, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is MSFT, spelled M-S-F-T.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of Microsoft.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how MSFT appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Amazon will ask a federal court to temporarily block Microsoft (MSFT) from working on a $10 billion cloud computing contract for the military, according to a court filing Monday.
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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