put the moves on
"put-the-moves-on" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“put the moves on” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - To make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.
Corpus desk
Index EN-put-the-moves-on · put the moves on · English
put the moves on · 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 "P" 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 | put the moves on |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “put the moves on” in English
Rare enough to double-check
put the moves on is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for put the moves on, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is put the moves on, spelled P-U-T- -T-H-E- -M-O-V-E-S- -O-N.
Definition
- 1To make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how put the moves on appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Leo tried putting the moves on Dawn at the New Year's party.
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.