spur of the moment
"spur-of-the-moment" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spur of the moment” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spur-of-the-moment · spur of the moment · English
spur of the moment · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | spur of the moment |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “spur of the moment” in English
Rare enough to double-check
spur of the moment is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spur of the moment, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is spur of the moment, spelled S-P-U-R- -O-F- -T-H-E- -M-O-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Impulse; short notice; a lack of planning.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how spur of the moment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We decided to vacation in Las Vegas on the spur of the moment.
1852 January 26, Henry David Thoreau Obey the spur of the moment. These accumulated it is that make the impulse and the impetus of the life of genius.
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.