mojito
/moʊˈhi.toʊ/
"mojito" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mojito” is uncommon English (frequency #51,261 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,261
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mojito |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /moʊˈhi.toʊ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mojito” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mojito is uncommon English at frequency #51,261 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /moʊˈhi.toʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.".
mojito has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish mojito, diminutive of mojo (“sauce”), from mojar (“to moisten”), from Vulgar Latin *molliō (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō (“soften”), from mollis (“soft”). The correct English form is mojito, spelled M-O-J-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.
Etymology
From Spanish mojito, diminutive of mojo (“sauce”), from mojar (“to moisten”), from Vulgar Latin *molliō (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō (“soften”), from mollis (“soft”).
This word in other languages
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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Using “mojito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-J-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.