Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mojibake

/ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mo-ji-ba-ke
IPA: /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake."
"The space behind the door is filled with mojibake, more specifically, a mojibake that is made of pieces of my memory. “Why? Why do I like girls?” I hear a younger voice of mine echoing in the room."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 文字化け

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/
British English: /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

emoji

Questions

How do you pronounce mojibake?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/.
What does mojibake mean?: Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.
Where does mojibake come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce mojibake

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