mohel
/ˈmɔɪ.əl/noun
mohel is spelled M-O-H-E-L: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mohel means “The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mohel is mohels or mohelim.
How many letters and syllables are in mohel?
| Letters | 5: M-O-H-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 146,811th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mohel?
Mohel appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 146,811th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mohel?
- /ˈmɔɪ.əl/
- /ˈmɔʊ.ɛl/
Mohel has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mohel.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mohel2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mohel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mohel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: holme.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mohel
- mohels plural
- mohelim plural
- mohalim plural
- moohel
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mohel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mohel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who performs circumcision:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Mohel |
| Spanish | mohel |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mohel come from?
From Hebrew מוֹהֵל (mohél), but the common pronunciations are borrowed via Yiddish מוהל (moyel).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).