Moma or momma?
moma is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of momma”; momma is a noun meaning “A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime…”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) momma is about 3.5 times as common as moma.
What is the difference between moma and momma?
| moma | momma | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun |
| Meaning | Alternative spelling of momma | A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | momas | mommas |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈmɒmə/ /ˈmɑmə/ |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words | 2.6 times per million words |
Sources: moma and momma in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of moma and momma
moma
- 1
Alternative spelling of momma
momma
- 1
Alternative spelling of mama
- 2
A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, moma or momma?
moma appears about once in every 1 million words; momma 2.6 times per million words.
moma about once in every 1 million wordsmomma 2.6 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search moma vs momma?
“moma vs momma” is searched about 40 times a month on Google and 10 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“momma vs moma”, “moma or momma”).
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