English homophones
mol/mole
"mole" (#11,745 written frequency) beats "mol" (#23,602) in this 2-word /məʊl/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /məʊl/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "mole" leads at #11,745, with "mol" trailing at #23,602.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "mol" then splits - "mol" (3 letters) vs "mole" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across mol, mole: lmo. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
mol
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CVC
Inventory lmo · no private letters vs siblings
mole
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory elmo · private e
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "mol" when you mean: Alternative spelling of mole.
- Write "mole" when you mean: A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
- mole ← mloe · mmole · moel · molle · omle
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (mol, mole). Here's where to go from here.
- "mole" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #11,745 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: muscle · mussel. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "mol, mole" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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