# mex vs MT

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mex
*noun · frequency rank #30,134*
The mex of a subset of a well-ordered set is the smallest value from the whole set that does not belong to the subset.

### MT
*noun · frequency rank #5,814*
Acronym of microtubule.

## Source
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