Mahometan
"mahometan" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mahometan” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mahometan · Mahometan · English
Mahometan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | Mahometan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mahometan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mahometan is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Mohammedan.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mahometan in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Renaissance Latin Mahomētānus. By surface analysis, Mahomet + -an. The correct English form is Mahometan, spelled M-A-H-O-M-E-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Mohammedan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mahometan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
WHile we lay at Guam we took up a Reſolution of going to Mindanao, one of the Philippine Iſlands, being told by the Frier and others, that it was exceedingly well ſtored with Proviſions; that the Natives were Mahometans, and that they had formerly a Commerce with the Spaniards; but that now they were at wars with them.
Moreover, the modern argument in favour of the supernatural origin of the Christian religion, drawn from its suitableness to our needs and its divine response to our aspirations, must be admitted by every candid person resorting to it to be of exactly equal force in the mouth of a Mahometan or a fire-worshipper or an astrolater.
Etymology
From Renaissance Latin Mahomētānus. By surface analysis, Mahomet + -an.
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.