Mohawks
\mo.ɑk\
The verdict
“Mohawks” is uncommon French (frequency #60,211 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,211
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peuple amérindien du nord-est des États-Unis et de l’est du Canada, une des six nations iroquoises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mohawks · Mohawks · French
Mohawks · rank #60,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,211
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH modulations
Nearest frequency peer: modulations (-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 « Mohawks »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mioche
mioche
39,793 corpus weight
- modulations
modulations
39,791 corpus weight
- Mohawks
Mohawks
39,790 corpus weight
- moisis
moisis
39,789 corpus weight
- moissonneuse
moissonneuse
39,788 corpus weight
- Molières
Molières
39,787 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mohawks » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mohawks |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mo.ɑk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mohawks » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mohawks is uncommon French at frequency #60,211 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mo.ɑk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Peuple amérindien du nord-est des États-Unis et de l’est du Canada, une des six nations iroquoises.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mohawks in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Mohawks, spelled M-O-H-A-W-K-S.
Definition
- 1Peuple amérindien du nord-est des États-Unis et de l’est du Canada, une des six nations iroquoises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mohawks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce projet de loi a pour objet de mettre en oeuvre une entente conclue entre le gouvernement du Québec et les Mohawks de Kahnawake en matière d’accidents du travail et de maladies professionnelles ainsi qu’en matière de santé et de sécurité du travail ….
Québec "avait le devoir de consulter les Mohawks pour que le règlement d'Oka soit valide – Oka étant une création de la Couronne en droit du Québec, plutôt que de la Couronne en droit du Canada. Nous soutiendrons que, puisque la Couronne n'a pas consulté les Mohawks, le règlement est donc invalide", indique-t-on.
Synonyms
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.
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