mozzarella
/mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
"mozzarella" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mozzarella” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #25,488 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,488
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mozzarella |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mozzarella” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mozzarella is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,488 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mozzarella, with forms such as "mmozzarella", "mozarella", and "mozazrella". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese. The correct English form is mozzarella, spelled M-O-Z-Z-A-R-E-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
- 2Money.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare. The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmozzarella,mozarella,mozazrella,mozzaerlla,mozzarela,mozzarelal,mozzarlela,mozzarrella,mozzraella,mzozarella,omzzarella
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mozzarella - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “mozzarella”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-O-Z-Z-A-R-E-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.