Which to use
“mole” and “mon” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,745
- “mole” frequency rank
- #8,828
- “mon” frequency rank
- 20573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mole | mon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin. | The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. |
Where the eye mixes mole and mon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. mole (/məʊl/) and mon (/mɑn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mole is recorded at frequency rank #11,745, classified as anoun, pronounced /məʊl/. mon is at rank #8,828, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɑn/.
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 20573, this pair ranks #430,152 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mole vs mon
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mole": el. Private to "mon": n.
"mole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mon" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mole ← mloe · mmole · moel · molle · omle