mohvsmoveTell them apart

Quick tell: moh is a noun, move is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moh” is a noun and “move” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,940
“moh” frequency rank
#447
“move” frequency rank
45387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moh move
Definition Attachment to the transient material world, which hinders the soul's search for its ultimate goal and is therefore one of the Five Evils. To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

Letter map: moh vs move

Shared letters muted; letters that set moh and move apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
moh
4 ch
move

Grammar separator: moh vs move

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moh is anoun and moveaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moh is recorded at frequency rank #44,940, classified as anoun. move is at rank #447, tagged as averb, pronounced /muːv/.

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 45387, this pair ranks #221,710 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moh vs move

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moh": h. Private to "move": ev.

"moh" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • movemmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "moh" and "move" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moh" is a noun and "move" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "moh" or "move"?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #447 in our English list, against #44,940 for "moh". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "moh" vs "move" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "move" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,710 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moh" and "move" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moh 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 #221,710 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