# Moshe

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmoʊʃɛ/ · frequency rank #30,143

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. Synonym of Moses (the Jewish Hebrew prophet)

## Etymology
Transliteration of Hebrew משה (moshé), sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian msj (“to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’.

## Easily confused with
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-most)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-move)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-moss)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-muse)
- **moth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-moth)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mush)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mote)
- **movie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-movie)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mouse)
- **Mosul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mosul)
- **moths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-moths)
- **mushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mushy)
- **mossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mossy)
- **mother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mother)
- **mosque** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mosque)
- **Mosley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mosley)
- **mousse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mousse)
- **Moslem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-moslem)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moe-vs-moshe)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mos-vs-moshe)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmoshe`, `mohse`, `moseh`, `moshhe`, `mosshe`, `msohe`, `omshe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moshe