mho
"mho" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mho” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mho · mho · English
mho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | mho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mho” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mho is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mho, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: ohm spelled backwards. The correct English form is mho, spelled M-H-O.
Definition
- 1A former unit of electric conductance, equivalent to and superseded by the siemens but still sometimes used in some contexts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: siemens, S
If resistance is measured in ohms, conductance is measured in mhos.
Etymology
ohm spelled backwards.
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.