https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er is filed with hyphen ("moth-er"); hyphenless spelling ("mother") is listed as an a

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moth-er is filed with hyphen ("moth-er"); hyphenless spelling ("mother") is listed as an alternative form. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mother does not mention that fact, though. Nevertheless, what a nice new ambiguous word to spice up the context!