Which to use
“meme” is a noun and “more” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,170
- “meme” frequency rank
- #49
- “more” frequency rank
- 8219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meme | more |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. | comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) |
Where the eye mixes meme and more
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: meme vs more
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meme is /miːm/ while more is /mɔː(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meme is recorded at frequency rank #8,170, classified as anoun, pronounced /miːm/. more is at rank #49, tagged as adet, pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8219, this pair ranks #503,594 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meme vs more
Shared letters: em. Private to "meme": -. Private to "more": or.
"meme" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meme" and "more" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meme" vs "more" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meme" and "more" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #503,594 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meme" and "more" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meme vs MMP". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #503,594 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.