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“mounts” and “mouths” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,592
- “mounts” frequency rank
- #10,891
- “mouths” frequency rank
- 25483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mounts | mouths |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of mount | plural of mouth |
Letter map: mounts vs mouths
Shared letters muted; letters that set mounts and mouths apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mounts and mouths follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - mounts / mouths
mounts and mouths are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mounts is recorded at frequency rank #14,592, classified as anoun. mouths is at rank #10,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maʊðz/.
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 25483, this pair ranks #393,926 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mounts vs mouths
Shared letters: mostu. Private to "mounts": n. Private to "mouths": h.
"mounts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC · "mouths" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mounts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouths" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,926 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mounts" and "mouths" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mints vs mounts". 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 #393,926 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.