moa

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The verdict

“moa” is uncommon German (frequency #80,690 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,690
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Huhn

Corpus desk

Index DE-moa · moa · German

moa · rank #80,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,690
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mixt

Nearest frequency peer: mixt (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „moa“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „moa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for moa
PropertyValue
Headwordmoa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#80,690
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „moa“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).moafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mixt“ (#80,689), „Modedesignerin“ (#80,691), „mitverfolgt“ (#80,688). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „moa“ bei #80,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moa is uncommon German at frequency #80,690 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Huhn".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for moa, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is moa, spelled M-O-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Huhn

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moa"?
"moa" is spelled M-O-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "moa" mean?
As a noun, "moa" means: das Huhn
How do you pronounce "moa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moa" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moa" come from?
"moa" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mou#80,699MTA#80,700meo#80,673Lid#80,623

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list