Moriarty

name

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
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moriarty · Moriarty · French

Moriarty · rank #43,564 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,564
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monétisation

Nearest frequency peer: monétisation (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Moriarty »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Moriarty » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Moriarty
PropertyValue
HeadwordMoriarty
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,564
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Moriarty »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Moriartyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « monétisation » (#43,563), « motocross » (#43,565), « mondialisée » (#43,562). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Moriarty » est au #43,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Moriarty, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,564 among 5,038 “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

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Moriarty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La recrue galloise du CAB, Ross Moriarty, poursuit son aventure en Noir et Blanc, tout comme l’expérimenté Marcel van der Merwe

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.

mmoriarty1moirarty2morairty2moriarrty1moriartty1moriartyy1moriaryt2moriatry2
Edit distance from "Moriarty"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Moriarty"?
"Moriarty" is spelled M-O-R-I-A-R-T-Y.
What does "Moriarty" mean?
As a proper noun, "Moriarty" means: Nom de famille.
What are common misspellings of "Moriarty"?
Common misspellings include "mmoriarty", "moirarty", "morairty", "moriarrty", "moriartty". The correct spelling is "Moriarty".
What language does "Moriarty" come from?
"Moriarty" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Moriarty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list