Which to use
“month” and “mouth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #562
- “month” frequency rank
- #1,569
- “mouth” frequency rank
- 2131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | month | mouth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. | The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. |
Where the eye mixes month and mouth
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. month (/mʌnθ/) and mouth (/maʊθ/) 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 a single letter - n in “month” becomes u in “mouth”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
month is recorded at frequency rank #562, classified as anoun, pronounced /mʌnθ/. mouth is at rank #1,569, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maʊθ/.
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 2131, this pair ranks #525,783 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of month vs mouth
Shared letters: hmot. Private to "month": n. Private to "mouth": u.
"month" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "mouth" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC