mojigato
[moxiˈɣ̞at̪o]
The verdict
“mojigato” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excesivamente afectado y apegado a las leyes de moralidad o religiosas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mojigato · mojigato · Spanish
mojigato · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mojigato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [moxiˈɣ̞at̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mojigato” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mojigato is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [moxiˈɣ̞at̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mojigato in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mojigato, spelled M-O-J-I-G-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Excesivamente afectado y apegado a las leyes de moralidad o religiosas.
- 2Disimulado, que afecta humildad o cobardía para lograr su intento en la ocasión.
- 3Beato hazañero que hace escrúpulo de todo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.