# moat vs mou

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### moat
*noun · IPA /məʊt/ · frequency rank #24,831*
A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

### mou
*particle · frequency rank #25,145*
Sentence-final particle, forms a tag question.

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