Which to use
“more” is a determiner and “moved” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49
- “more” frequency rank
- #1,053
- “moved” frequency rank
- 1102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | more | moved |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | Emotionally affected; touched. |
Where the eye mixes more and moved
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: more is /mɔː(ɹ)/ while moved is /muːvd/. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1102, 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)/. moved is at rank #1,053, tagged as anadj, pronounced /muːvd/.
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 1102, this pair ranks #528,093 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of more vs moved
Shared letters: emo. Private to "more": r. Private to "moved": dv.
"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moved" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC