mustache
"mustache" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mustache” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,978
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - US standard spelling of moustache.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mustache · mustache · English
mustache · rank #16,978 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,978
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH morphology
Nearest frequency peer: morphology (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mustache”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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monstrous
83,026 corpus weight
- Moran
Moran
83,025 corpus weight
- morphology
morphology
83,024 corpus weight
- mustache
mustache
83,023 corpus weight
- NASDAQ
NASDAQ
83,022 corpus weight
- natal
natal
83,021 corpus weight
What this shows “mustache” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mustache |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mustache”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around mustache, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,978 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "US standard spelling of moustache.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mustache, with forms such as "mmustache", "msutache", and "musatche". 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 also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "moustache", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is mustache, spelled M-U-S-T-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1US standard spelling of moustache.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mustache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
The fly, named “Daptolestes leei,” has markings on its face reminiscent of Lee’s characteristic sunglasses and white mustache.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmustache
- msutache
- musatche
- musstache
- mustacche
- mustaceh
- mustachhe
- mustahce
- mustcahe
- musttache
- mutsache
- umstache
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mustache - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mustache", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).