moodyvsMundyWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: moody is a adjective, Mundy is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moody” is an adjective and “Mundy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,253
“moody” frequency rank
#44,355
“Mundy” frequency rank
55608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moody Mundy
Definition Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. A surname from Scots.

Letter map: moody vs Mundy

Shared letters muted; letters that set moody and Mundy apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moody (CVVCV) and Mundy (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
moody
5 ch
Mundy

Part-of-speech tell for moody / Mundy

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moody is anadjective and Mundyaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moody is recorded at frequency rank #11,253, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈmuːdi/. Mundy is at rank #44,355, tagged as aname.

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 55608, this pair ranks #132,303 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moody vs Mundy

Shared letters: dmy. Private to "moody": o. Private to "Mundy": nu.

"moody" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Mundy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moody ← mmoody · modoy · mody · mooddy · moodyy · mooyd · omody
  • Mundy ← mmundy · mnudy · mudny · munddy · mundyy · munndy · munyd · umndy

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moody" for "Mundy" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moody" is an adjective and "Mundy" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "moody" or "Mundy"?
"moody" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,253 in our English list, against #44,355 for "Mundy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "moody" vs "Mundy" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moody" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mundy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,303 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moody" and "Mundy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muda vs Mundy". 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 #132,303 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