mobyvsmohrWhich spelling fits?

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“moby” and “mohr” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,998
“moby” frequency rank
#41,769
“mohr” frequency rank
70767
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moby mohr
Definition A mobile phone. Alternative form of mohur (a type of coin)

Letter map: moby vs mohr

Shared letters muted; letters that set moby and mohr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

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moby
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Spelling & dictionary notes on moby vs mohr

moby and mohr 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moby is recorded at frequency rank #28,998, classified as anoun. mohr is at rank #41,769, tagged as anoun.

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 70767, this pair ranks #49,243 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moby vs mohr

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moby": by. Private to "mohr": hr.

"moby" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mohr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobymboy · mmoby · mobby · mobyy · moyb · omby
  • mohrmhor · mmohr · mohhr · mohrr · morh · omhr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "moby" and "mohr" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "moby" vs "mohr" - which ranks higher?
"moby" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,998 in our English list, against #41,769 for "mohr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "moby" and "mohr". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moby" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mohr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,243 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moby" and "mohr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mohr 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 #49,243 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list