Moriarty
The verdict
“Moriarty” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,564
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moriarty |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Moriarty” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Moriarty, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,564 among 202,672 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Moriarty, with forms such as "mmoriarty", "moirarty", and "morairty". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Moriarty, spelled M-O-R-I-A-R-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmoriarty
- moirarty
- morairty
- moriarrty
- moriartty
- moriartyy
- moriaryt
- moriatry
- moriraty
- morriarty
- mroiarty
- omriarty
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Moriarty - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Moriarty”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-I-A-R-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.