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mustache

noun

mustache is spelled M-U-S-T-A-C-H-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “moustache vs mustache” about 480 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, mustache means “US standard spelling of moustache” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mustache is mustaches.

How many letters and syllables are in mustache?

Letters8: M-U-S-T-A-C-H-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Pairs people search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).

How common is mustache?

Mustache appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 mustache?

    Mustache has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with mustache

    Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

    moustache vs mustache480 G

    Also written: moustache.

    Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    Forms of mustache

    • mustaches plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does mustache mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      USUS standard spelling of moustache.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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