Which to use
“moby” and “mod” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,998
- “moby” frequency rank
- #8,172
- “mod” frequency rank
- 37170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moby | mod |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A mobile phone. | An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses. |
Letter map: moby vs mod
Shared letters muted; letters that set moby and mod apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: moby and mod
moby and mod are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moby is recorded at frequency rank #28,998, classified as anoun. mod is at rank #8,172, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɑd/.
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 37170, this pair ranks #296,811 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moby vs mod
Shared letters: mo. Private to "moby": by. Private to "mod": d.
"moby" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mod" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- moby ← mboy · mmoby · mobby · mobyy · moyb · omby
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "moby" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,811 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moby" and "mod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moby vs Moog". 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 #296,811 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.