Which to use
“mood” and “moth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,378
- “mood” frequency rank
- #15,005
- “moth” frequency rank
- 18383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mood | moth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A mental or emotional state, composure. | Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae. |
Where the eye mixes mood and moth
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. mood (/muːd/) and moth (/mɒθ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mood is recorded at frequency rank #3,378, classified as anoun, pronounced /muːd/. moth is at rank #15,005, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɒθ/.
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 18383, this pair ranks #445,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mood vs moth
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mood": d. Private to "moth": ht.
"mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "moth" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mood" and "moth" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mood" or "moth"?
What to do next
You've compared "mood" and "moth". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mood" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #445,269 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mood" and "moth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Moog vs moth". 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
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