mosher
"mosher" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mosher” is uncommon English (frequency #64,557 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,557
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who moshes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mosher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mosher” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mosher is uncommon English at frequency #64,557 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
mosher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mosh + -er. The correct English form is mosher, spelled M-O-S-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who moshes.
- 2A member of an alternative subculture; a grebo or goth.
Etymology
From mosh + -er.
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 “mosher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-S-H-E-R - 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.