mohair
/ˈmoʊhɛɹ/
"mohair" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mohair” is uncommon English (frequency #58,207 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,207
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mohair · mohair · English
mohair · rank #58,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,207
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mochi
Nearest frequency peer: mochi (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “mohair”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- misheard
misheard
41,799 corpus weight
- mochi
mochi
41,795 corpus weight
- mohair
mohair
41,794 corpus weight
- Moloch
Moloch
41,793 corpus weight
- monarchist
monarchist
41,792 corpus weight
- Moni
Moni
41,791 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mohair” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mohair |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmoʊhɛɹ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mohair” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mohair is uncommon English at frequency #58,207 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmoʊhɛɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mohair in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado. The correct English form is mohair, spelled M-O-H-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials.
- 2The long, fine hair of the Angora goat.
- 3An Angora goat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mohair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
mohair goat, mohair kid
Etymology
Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado.
This word in other languages
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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