Mormon tea
"mormon-tea" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mormon tea” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the North American conifers in the genus Ephedra, leafless shrubs with gray or green needle-like smaller stems native to deserts and used to make an herbal tea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mormon tea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mormon tea” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mormon tea is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the North American conifers in the genus Ephedra, leafless shrubs with gray or green needle-like smaller stems native to deserts and used to make an herbal tea.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mormon tea in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant. The correct English form is Mormon tea, spelled M-O-R-M-O-N- -T-E-A.
Definition
- 1Any of the North American conifers in the genus Ephedra, leafless shrubs with gray or green needle-like smaller stems native to deserts and used to make an herbal tea.
Etymology
One of a number of common names based on types of people known to live in the desert, with tea referring to the herbal drink brewed from the plant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mormon tea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-R-M-O-N- -T-E-A - 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.