# Mosul

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈməʊsəl/ · frequency rank #20,436

## Definitions
1. The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
2. A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

## Easily confused with
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosul-vs-mou)
- **motel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosul-vs-motel)
- **mould** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosul-vs-mould)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mos-vs-mosul)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mol-vs-mosul)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/most-vs-mosul)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moss-vs-mosul)
- **maul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maul-vs-mosul)
- **moll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moll-vs-mosul)
- **mosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-mosul)
- **model** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/model-vs-mosul)
- **moral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moral-vs-mosul)
- **Moses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moses-vs-mosul)
- **modal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modal-vs-mosul)
- **Mogul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mogul-vs-mosul)
- **Mobil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mobil-vs-mosul)
- **Moshe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moshe-vs-mosul)
- **modus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modus-vs-mosul)
- **moser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moser-vs-mosul)
- **Mosby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosby-vs-mosul)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmosul`, `moslu`, `mossul`, `mosull`, `mousl`, `msoul`, `omsul`

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