# mosh vs MSG

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mosh
*verb · IPA /mɒʃ/ · frequency rank #43,796*
To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.

### MSG
*noun · frequency rank #23,606*
Initialism of monosodium glutamate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mosh-vs-msg