Mahoma
[maˈoma]
The verdict
“Mahoma” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,898 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #16,898
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lider religioso y político, que en el siglo VII fundó el islam. Nacido en la Meca hacia 571, y muerto en 632.
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 | Mahoma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maˈoma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mahoma” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Mahoma is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈoma]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,898 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Lider religioso y político, que en el siglo VII fundó el islam. Nacido en la Meca hacia 571, y muerto en 632.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mahoma, with forms such as "amhoma", "mahhoma", and "mahmoa". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mamá", "mamma", "máxima", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Mahoma, spelled M-A-H-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1Lider religioso y político, que en el siglo VII fundó el islam. Nacido en la Meca hacia 571, y muerto en 632.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amhoma,mahhoma,mahmoa,mahoam,mahomma,maohma,mhaoma,mmahoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mahoma - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mahoma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-H-O-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈoma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mamá” - see the side-by-side comparison. Mahoma vs mamá
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.