# mood vs moth

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mood
*noun · IPA /muːd/ · frequency rank #3,378*
A mental or emotional state, composure.

### moth
*noun · IPA /mɒθ/ · frequency rank #15,005*
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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