Which to use
“mixed” is a verb and “moped” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,305
- “mixed” frequency rank
- #38,058
- “moped” frequency rank
- 40363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mixed | moped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mix | A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit. |
Where the eye mixes mixed and moped
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mixed and moped follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mixed vs moped
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mixed is /mɪkst/ while moped is /ˈməʊ.pɛd/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mixed is recorded at frequency rank #2,305, classified as averb, pronounced /mɪkst/. moped is at rank #38,058, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈməʊ.pɛd/.
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 40363, this pair ranks #268,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mixed vs moped
Shared letters: dem. Private to "mixed": ix. Private to "moped": op.
"mixed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "moped" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mixed" for "moped" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mixed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,270 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mixed" and "moped" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moped vs morel". 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 #268,270 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.