Which to use
“more” is a determiner and “Mr” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49
- “more” frequency rank
- #192
- “Mr” frequency rank
- 241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | more | Mr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | Abbreviation of Mister. |
Letter map: more vs Mr
Shared letters muted; letters that set more and Mr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for more / Mr
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: more is adeterminer and Mranoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 241, 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)/. Mr is at rank #192, tagged as anoun.
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 241, this pair ranks #529,689 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of more vs Mr
Shared letters: mr. Private to "more": eo. Private to "Mr": -.
"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Mr" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- more ← mmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "more" for "Mr" ever safe?
Which is more common, "more" or "Mr"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "more" and "Mr".
- Full dictionary entry for "more" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #529,689 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "more" and "Mr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MMP vs Mr". 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 #529,689 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.