MOBA
/ˈmoʊbə/
"moba" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“MOBA” is uncommon English (frequency #65,317 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,317
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of multiplayer online battle arena.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moba · MOBA · English
MOBA · rank #65,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,317
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohegan
Nearest frequency peer: Mohegan (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “MOBA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mingus
Mingus
34,689 corpus weight
- minigame
minigame
34,688 corpus weight
- MOBA
MOBA
34,684 corpus weight
- Mohegan
Mohegan
34,682 corpus weight
- Montebello
Montebello
34,681 corpus weight
- Moriah
Moriah
34,680 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “MOBA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MOBA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmoʊbə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “MOBA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
MOBA is uncommon English at frequency #65,317 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmoʊbə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acronym of multiplayer online battle arena.".
No misspelling variants are generated for MOBA in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is MOBA, spelled M-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1Acronym of multiplayer online battle arena.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how MOBA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust.
Although many of the traditional MOBA features have all but vanished from Supervive over the course of development, a few have still made it into the early access version.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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