mojarra
[moˈxara]
The verdict
“mojarra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,149 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,149
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pez de la familia Sparidae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mojarra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moˈxara] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,149 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mojarra” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mojarra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,149 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [moˈxara]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pez de la familia Sparidae.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mojarra in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mojarra, spelled M-O-J-A-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Pez de la familia Sparidae.
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 “mojarra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-J-A-R-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moˈxara] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.