Mohican

name

"mohican" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Mohican” is uncommon English (frequency #87,578 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,578
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mohican · Mohican · English

Mohican · rank #87,578 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,578
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH moai

Nearest frequency peer: moai (-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 “Mohican”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mohican” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mohican
PropertyValue
HeadwordMohican
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Mohican” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “moai” (#87,577), “monocyte” (#87,581), “Montville” (#87,582). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Mohican” is #87,578. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mohican is uncommon English at frequency #87,578 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Mohican doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”). The correct English form is Mohican, spelled M-O-H-I-C-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.
  2. 2
    The Mohegan people.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Mohican appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The Mohican are an Algonquian-speaking people.

Etymology

From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”).

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 "Mohican"?
"Mohican" is spelled M-O-H-I-C-A-N.
What does "Mohican" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mohican" means: An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.
What is the origin of the word "Mohican"?
From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mohican", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list