mossie
/ˈmɒs.i/noun
mossie is spelled M-O-S-S-I-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mossie means “Any of various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mossie is mossies.
How many letters and syllables are in mossie?
| Letters | 6: M-O-S-S-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mossie?
Mossie appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mossie?
- /ˈmɒs.i/
As a noun (“A mosquito”): /ˈmɒz.i/.
Mossie has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-mossie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mossie?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mossie from its last stressed vowel (/ɒzi/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mossie
- mossies plural
- mozzie
- mozzy
- mossy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mossie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus.
- 2
AustraliaUKcolloquialA mosquito.
noun
- 1
UKcolloquialdatedinformalA de Havilland Mosquito.
- 2
AustraliaslangA person of Maori descent living in Australia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mossie come from?
From Afrikaans, from Dutch mus (“a sparrow”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).