mocha
/ˈmoʊkə/noun, adjective
mocha is spelled M-O-C-H-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mocha means “A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mocha is mochas.
How many letters and syllables are in mocha?
| Letters | 5: M-O-C-H-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mocha?
Mocha appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mocha?
- US /ˈmoʊkə/
- UK /ˈmɒkə/
Mocha has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mocha.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mocha?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mocha from its last stressed vowel (/oʊkə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: macho.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mocha
- mochas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mocha mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
- 2
A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.
mocha fudge
- 3
A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- 4
A strong Arabian coffee.
- 5
Any of a number of species of moths in the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae, many European species having dark brown coloration.
- 6
An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.
adjective
- 1
Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mocha in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mocha come from?
From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), for its role as a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule. The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).