Mo or moe?
mo is an adverb meaning “Further, longer”; moe is a noun meaning “Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional…”. Use mo as an adverb and moe as a noun (mo is also a noun: “Initialism of modus operandi”). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) mo is about 7.6 times as common as moe.
What is the difference between mo and moe?
| mo | moe | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective, adverb, symbol, number, suffix | noun, adjective |
| Meaning | Further, longer month AustraliacolloquialA moustache | |
| Example | 12 yr 4 mo 17 d | Characters from comics and “anime” (animated cartoons and movies) joined the bandwagon as figurines shops and maid cafes were opened one… |
| Forms | none | moes |
| Pronunciation | /məʊ/ /moʊ/ | /ˈməʊ.eɪ/ /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/ /məʊ/ |
| In writing | 24 times per million words | 3.2 times per million words |
Sources: mo and moe in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of mo and moe
mo
- 1
Initialism of modus operandi
- 2
Initialism of mesio-occlusal
- 3
Further, longer
- 4
month
12 yr 4 mo 17 d
- 5
colloquialClipping of moment
Hang on a mo!
- 6
slangA homosexual
- 7
Alternative form of mo' (“more”)
Yo, you got mo chips?
- 8
AustraliacolloquialA moustache
moe
- 1
slangStrong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media
- 2
slangCute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
- 3
slangA close friend; a nigga, homie or bro
- 4
Alternative spelling of moe
Characters from comics and “anime” (animated cartoons and movies) joined the bandwagon as figurines shops and maid cafes were opened one after the other. With that kind of…
- 5
Initialism of Ministry of Education
- 6
Alternative letter-case form of MoE
- 7
Initialism of mixture of experts
- 8
Initialism of margin of error
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, mo or moe?
mo appears 24 times per million words; moe 3.2 times per million words.
mo 24 times per million wordsmoe 3.2 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).