Which to use
“meu” is a noun and “mou” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,897
- “meu” frequency rank
- #25,145
- “mou” frequency rank
- 74042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meu | mou |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meum athamanticum, a European herb. | Sentence-final particle, forms a tag question. |
Letter map: meu vs mou
Shared letters muted; letters that set meu and mou apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meu is anoun and mouaparticle. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “meu” becomes o in “mou”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meu is recorded at frequency rank #48,897, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmjuː/. mou is at rank #25,145, tagged as aparticle.
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 74042, this pair ranks #37,566 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meu vs mou
Shared letters: mu. Private to "meu": e. Private to "mou": o.
"meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "mou" · 3 letters · shape CVV