# Moab vs moth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Moab
*name · IPA /ˈməʊ.æb/ · frequency rank #38,056*
The son of Lot through his eldest daughter, in the Hebrew Bible.

### moth
*noun · IPA /mɒθ/ · frequency rank #15,005*
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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