Mohican
"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
- Mitte
Mitte
12,429 corpus weight
- moai
moai
12,424 corpus weight
- Mohican
Mohican
12,423 corpus weight
- monocyte
monocyte
12,420 corpus weight
- Montville
Montville
12,419 corpus weight
- Mottram
Mottram
12,415 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mohican” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mohican |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,578 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mohican” in English
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
- 1An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.
- 2The Mohegan people.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mohican appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).