# moa vs modal

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### moa
*noun · IPA /ˈmɒʌ/ · frequency rank #29,747*
Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

### modal
*adjective · IPA /ˈməʊdəl/ · frequency rank #24,521*
Of, or relating to a mode or modus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moa-vs-modal