# mode

> English word · Noun · IPA /moʊd/ · frequency rank #2,357

## Definitions
1. One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
2. One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
4. A particular means of accomplishing something.
5. A particular means of accomplishing something.
6. A particular means of accomplishing something.
7. A particular means of accomplishing something.
8. A particular means of accomplishing something.
9. A particular means of accomplishing something.
10. A particular means of accomplishing something.
11. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
12. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
13. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
14. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

## Etymology
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

## Easily confused with
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mom)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mud)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mon)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moe)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mos)
- **mop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mop)
- **moi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moi)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mor)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mol)
- **moo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moo)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mow)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moz)
- **moh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moh)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-more)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-most)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-move)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-moon)
- **mood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mode-vs-mood)

## Common misspellings (5)
`mdoe`, `mmode`, `modde`, `moed`, `omde`

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