Which to use
“more” is a determiner and “mot” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49
- “more” frequency rank
- #25,484
- “mot” frequency rank
- 25533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | more | mot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. |
Where the eye mixes more and mot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: more is /mɔː(ɹ)/ while mot is /məʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (determiner vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
more is recorded at frequency rank #49, classified as adet, pronounced /mɔː(ɹ)/. mot is at rank #25,484, tagged as anoun, pronounced /məʊ/.
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 25533, this pair ranks #393,565 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of more vs mot
Shared letters: mo. Private to "more": er. Private to "mot": t.
"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mot" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- more ← mmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre