Mogul

noun

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"mogul" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Mogul” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,507. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,507
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of Moghul.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mogul · Mogul · English

Mogul · rank #26,507 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,507
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mistook

Nearest frequency peer: mistook (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Mogul”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Mogul” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mogul vs mol
40% similar
Mogul vs mou
40% similar
Mogul vs moll
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mogul
PropertyValue
HeadwordMogul
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,507
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Mogul”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Mogullands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “mistook” (#26,506), “minimally” (#26,505), “Monet” (#26,509). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Mogul” is #26,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mogul, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,507 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mogul, with forms such as "mgoul", "mmogul", and "moggul". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mol", "mou", "moll", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Mogul, spelled M-O-G-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Moghul.
  2. 2
    A steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Mogul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On that August Thursday afternoon, there was little freight traffic; a large "K3" Mogul went down with a short, fast goods, and a W.D. 2-8-0 proceeded northward light. […] We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mgoul
  • mmogul
  • moggul
  • moglu
  • mogull
  • mougl
  • omgul

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mogul - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mgoul2mmogul1moggul1moglu2mogull1mougl2omgul2
Edit distance from "Mogul"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mogul"?
"Mogul" is spelled M-O-G-U-L.
What does "Mogul" mean?
As a noun, "Mogul" means: Alternative spelling of Moghul.
What words are commonly confused with "Mogul"?
"Mogul" is commonly confused with "mol", "mou", "moll". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Mogul" come from?
"Mogul" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mogul", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Monet#26,509morph#26,513loner#26,495Nagar#26,520

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

nomad7 variantsO'Neal7 variantsOrson7 variantspegged7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list