moh
"moh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“moh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,940) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44,940
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attachment to the transient material world, which hinders the soul's search for its ultimate goal and is therefore one of the Five Evils.
Corpus desk
Index EN-moh · moh · English
moh · rank #44,940 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,940
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Moffett
Nearest frequency peer: Moffett (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “moh”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Milliken
Milliken
55,065 corpus weight
- mistrial
mistrial
55,064 corpus weight
- Miyamoto
Miyamoto
55,063 corpus weight
- Moffett
Moffett
55,062 corpus weight
- moh
moh
55,061 corpus weight
- montero
montero
55,059 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “moh” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44,940 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “moh”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for moh is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mr", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #44,940 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Attachment to the transient material world, which hinders the soul's search for its ultimate goal and is therefore one of the Five Evils.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for moh in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "MS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੋਹ (moh), itself borrowed from Sanskrit मोह (moha). The correct English form is moh, spelled M-O-H.
Definition
- 1Attachment to the transient material world, which hinders the soul's search for its ultimate goal and is therefore one of the Five Evils.
Etymology
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੋਹ (moh), itself borrowed from Sanskrit मोह (moha).
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).