Which to use
“mobbed” is an adjective and “mowed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,778
- “mobbed” frequency rank
- #38,509
- “mowed” frequency rank
- 81287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobbed | mowed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Crowded. | simple past and past participle of mow |
Letter map: mobbed vs mowed
Shared letters muted; letters that set mobbed and mowed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - mobbed and mowed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mobbed is anadjective and mowedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobbed is recorded at frequency rank #42,778, classified as anadj. mowed is at rank #38,509, tagged as averb, pronounced /məʊd/.
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 81287, this pair ranks #17,991 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mobbed vs mowed
Shared letters: demo. Private to "mobbed": b. Private to "mowed": w.
"mobbed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mowed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobbed" and "mowed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Pair "mobbed" vs "mowed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobbed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mowed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,991 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobbed" and "mowed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mowed vs Mowers". 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 #17,991 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.