Mohegan
/moʊˈhi.ɡən/
"mohegan" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mohegan” is uncommon English (frequency #65,319 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,319
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A member of an indigenous people of New England who, at the time of European contact, formed a unit with the Pequot, but later became separate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mohegan · Mohegan · English
Mohegan · rank #65,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,319
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Montebello
Nearest frequency peer: Montebello (+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 “Mohegan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- minigame
minigame
34,688 corpus weight
- MOBA
MOBA
34,684 corpus weight
- Mohegan
Mohegan
34,682 corpus weight
- Montebello
Montebello
34,681 corpus weight
- Moriah
Moriah
34,680 corpus weight
- mousetrap
mousetrap
34,678 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mohegan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mohegan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /moʊˈhi.ɡən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mohegan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mohegan is uncommon English at frequency #65,319 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /moʊˈhi.ɡən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of an indigenous people of New England who, at the time of European contact, formed a unit with the Pequot, but later became separate.".
Mohegan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Mohegan, spelled M-O-H-E-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1A member of an indigenous people of New England who, at the time of European contact, formed a unit with the Pequot, but later became separate.
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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