Mogador

\mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\

/\mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Mogador” is uncommon French (frequency #52,841 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,841
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ancien nom d’une ville portuaire du Maroc, sur l’océan Atlantique actuellement nommée Essaouira

Corpus desk

Index FR-mogador · Mogador · French

Mogador · rank #52,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,841
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH moira

Nearest frequency peer: moira (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Mogador »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mogador » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mogador
PropertyValue
HeadwordMogador
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Mogador » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Mogadortombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « moira » (#52,842), « modulaires » (#52,839), « Mond » (#52,843). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mogador » est au #52,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mogador is uncommon French at frequency #52,841 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Mogador in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Mogador, spelled M-O-G-A-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ancien nom d’une ville portuaire du Maroc, sur l’océan Atlantique actuellement nommée Essaouira
  2. 2
    Ancien hameau, aujourd'hui quartier populeux, de la commune française de La Francheville, dans le département des Ardennes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mogador appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur la côte inhospitalière de l’Atlantique battue par les vents et la houle du large, à mi-chemin environ entre le cap Spartel et Mogador, s’ouvre une baie spacieuse, entre un promontoire rocheux et une presqu’île frangée d’écume.
  2. À Mogador, nouvelle relâche, mais la barque envoyée à terre pour rapporter de l’eau fraîche faillit être capturée par les Arabes.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mogador"?
"Mogador" is spelled M-O-G-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\.
What does "Mogador" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mogador" means: Ancien nom d’une ville portuaire du Maroc, sur l’océan Atlantique actuellement nommée Essaouira
How do you pronounce "Mogador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mogador" is \mo.ɡa.dɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mogador" come from?
"Mogador" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mogador", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list