mishpocha
/mɪʃˈpɒkə/
"mishpocha" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mishpocha” 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) - An (extended) family or clan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mishpocha · mishpocha · English
mishpocha · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mishpocha |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪʃˈpɒkə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mishpocha” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mishpocha is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪʃˈpɒkə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An (extended) family or clan.".
mishpocha doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Yiddish משפּחה (mishpokhe), from Hebrew מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakhá, “family”). The correct English form is mishpocha, spelled M-I-S-H-P-O-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1An (extended) family or clan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mishpocha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A very poor and distant relation, for when he was sent over to meet his Manchester mishpocheh it was in the capacity of driver for one of the junior directors.
Etymology
From Yiddish משפּחה (mishpokhe), from Hebrew מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakhá, “family”).
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.