mobyvsmoreTell them apart

Quick tell: moby is a noun, more is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moby” is a noun and “more” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,998
“moby” frequency rank
#49
“more” frequency rank
29047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moby more
Definition A mobile phone. comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)

Letter map: moby vs more

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

4 ch
moby
4 ch
more

Grammar separator: moby vs more

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moby is anoun and moreadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moby is recorded at frequency rank #28,998, classified as anoun. more is at rank #49, tagged as adet, pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)/.

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 29047, this pair ranks #366,221 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moby vs more

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moby": by. Private to "more": er.

"moby" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobymboy · mmoby · mobby · mobyy · moyb · omby
  • moremmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moby" and "more" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moby" is a noun and "more" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "moby" or "more" show up more?
"more" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #49 in our English list, against #28,998 for "moby". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "moby" and "more".

  • Full dictionary entry for "moby" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #366,221 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moby" and "more" 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 #366,221 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