Mohave

/moʊˈhɑː.vi/

//moʊˈhɑː.vi// noun

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"mohave" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Mohave” is uncommon English (frequency #63,805 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,805
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

Key facts for Mohave
PropertyValue
HeadwordMohave
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/moʊˈhɑː.vi/
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,805
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Mohave” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Mohave lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mohave is uncommon English at frequency #63,805 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /moʊˈhɑː.vi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Mohave in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish. The correct English form is Mohave, spelled M-O-H-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

Etymology

From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

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 "Mohave"?
"Mohave" is spelled M-O-H-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /moʊˈhɑː.vi/.
What does "Mohave" mean?
As a noun, "Mohave" means: A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.
How do you pronounce "Mohave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mohave" is /moʊˈhɑː.vi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Mohave"?
From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Mohave”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-O-H-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /moʊˈhɑː.vi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list