# mocha

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmoʊkə/ · frequency rank #29,748

## Definitions
1. A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.
2. A flavour that combines coffee and chocolate.
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.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **moh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moh)
- **much** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-much)
- **mock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mock)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mona)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moth)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mora)
- **moya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moya)
- **mohr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mohr)
- **mosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mosh)
- **momma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-momma)
- **moths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moths)
- **Moira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moira)
- **Moshe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moshe)
- **Mohan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mohan)
- **Moria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-moria)
- **mucho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mocha-vs-mucho)
- **moa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moa-vs-mocha)
- **moc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moc-vs-mocha)
- **Mach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mach-vs-mocha)
- **mech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mech-vs-mocha)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mcoha`, `mmocha`, `mocah`, `moccha`, `mochha`, `mohca`, `omcha`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mocha