# mould vs mowed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mould
*noun · IPA /moʊld/ · frequency rank #16,078*
Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

### mowed
*verb · IPA /məʊd/ · frequency rank #38,509*
simple past and past participle of mow

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