# moya

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,924

## Definitions
1. Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption.

## Etymology
Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-my)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-msa)
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mta)
- **Mya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mya)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-moz)
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mua)
- **mRNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mrna)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-musa)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-myra)
- **MRSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mrsa)
- **muda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-muda)
- **MPAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moya-vs-mpaa)
- **MA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ma-vs-moya)
- **MO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mo-vs-moya)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/may-vs-moya)
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mom-vs-moya)
- **mob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-moya)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mod-vs-moya)
- **MIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mia-vs-moya)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mon-vs-moya)

## Common misspellings (5)
`mmoya`, `moay`, `moyya`, `myoa`, `omya`

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