Which to use
“mort” and “mouth” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,514
- “mort” frequency rank
- #1,569
- “mouth” frequency rank
- 28083
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mort | mouth |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Death; especially, the death of game in hunting. | The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. |
Where the eye mixes mort and mouth
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mort runs 4 letters (CVCC) against mouth's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mort with mouth
A purely visual mix-up. mort (/mɔːt/) and mouth (/maʊθ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mort is recorded at frequency rank #26,514, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɔːt/. mouth is at rank #1,569, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maʊθ/.
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 28083, this pair ranks #373,870 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mort vs mouth
Shared letters: mot. Private to "mort": r. Private to "mouth": hu.
"mort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mouth" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mort" for "mouth" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mort" vs "mouth" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mort" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,870 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mort" and "mouth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Moog vs mort". 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 #373,870 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.