# modem

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈməʊdəm/ · frequency rank #17,186

## Definitions
1. A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.

## Etymology
Clipping of modulator-demodulator

## Easily confused with
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mom)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-moe)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-more)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-move)
- **Modi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-modi)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mole)
- **mods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mods)
- **mote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mote)
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-money)
- **moved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-moved)
- **moves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-moves)
- **Moses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-moses)
- **motel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-motel)
- **mover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mover)
- **mower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mower)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-monet)
- **monde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-monde)
- **modus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-modus)
- **mores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-mores)
- **moped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modem-vs-moped)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mdoem`, `mmodem`, `moddem`, `modemm`, `modme`, `moedm`, `omdem`

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