mohawk

\mo.ɑk\

/\mo.ɑk\/ noun

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The verdict

“mohawk” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,898
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue parlée au Canada et aux États-Unis, de la famille des langues iroquoises, parlée par environ 15 % des 15,500 Mohawks qui résident au Québec, en Ontario et dans l’État de New York.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mohawk · mohawk · French

mohawk · rank #46,898 · 9 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,898
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH modif

Nearest frequency peer: modif (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mohawk »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mohawk » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mohawk
PropertyValue
Headwordmohawk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mo.ɑk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,898
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mohawk »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mohawkse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « modif » (#46,897), « mondialistes » (#46,899), « mocassins » (#46,896). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mohawk » est au #46,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mohawk (IPA \mo.ɑk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,898 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Langue parlée au Canada et aux États-Unis, de la famille des langues iroquoises, parlée par environ 15 % des 15,500 Mohawks qui résident au Québec, en Ontario et dans l’État de New York.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mohawk, with forms such as "mhoawk", "mmohawk", and "moahwk". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mohawk, spelled M-O-H-A-W-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue parlée au Canada et aux États-Unis, de la famille des langues iroquoises, parlée par environ 15 % des 15,500 Mohawks qui résident au Québec, en Ontario et dans l’État de New York.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Même le mohawk, en voie de disparition dans les années 1960, est aujourd’hui la langue d’usage dans des classes d’immersion de tout le primaire à Kanawake.

Synonyms

agnierkanien’kéhakanyen’kéha

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mhoawk
  • mmohawk
  • moahwk
  • mohakw
  • mohawkk
  • mohawwk
  • mohhawk
  • mohwak
  • omhawk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mohawk - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mhoawk2mmohawk1moahwk2mohakw2mohawkk1mohawwk1mohhawk1mohwak2
Edit distance from "mohawk"

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 "mohawk"?
"mohawk" is spelled M-O-H-A-W-K. The IPA pronunciation is \mo.ɑk\.
What does "mohawk" mean?
As a noun, "mohawk" means: Langue parlée au Canada et aux États-Unis, de la famille des langues iroquoises, parlée par environ 15 % des 15,500 Mohawks qui résident au Québec, en Ontario et dans l’État de New York.
What are common misspellings of "mohawk"?
Common misspellings include "mhoawk", "mmohawk", "moahwk", "mohakw", "mohawkk". The correct spelling is "mohawk".
How do you pronounce "mohawk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mohawk" is \mo.ɑk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mohawk" come from?
"mohawk" 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 "mohawk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

mitaine9 variantsNolwenn9 variantspactes9 variantsLaroque9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list