mozárabe
[moˈsaɾaβ̞e]
The verdict
“mozárabe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,188 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,188
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de los cristianos que permanecieron en territorio conquistado por los árabes en la península ibérica durante la conquista musulmana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mozárabe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [moˈsaɾaβ̞e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mozárabe” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mozárabe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,188 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [moˈsaɾaβ̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mozárabe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 mozárabe, spelled M-O-Z-Á-R-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de los cristianos que permanecieron en territorio conquistado por los árabes en la península ibérica durante la conquista musulmana.
- 2Originario, relativo a, o propio del arte, especialmente la arquitectura, desarrollado por los mozárabes₁.
- 3Originario, relativo a, o propio de la comunidad de Toledo, descendientes de los mozárabes₁, pero que persistió durante largo tiempo, casi hasta nuestros días, conservando muchas tradiciones y ritos particulares de aquellos.
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); 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 “mozárabe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-Z-Á-R-A-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moˈsaɾaβ̞e] (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.