Español homophones
moo/mou/mu
"moo" is a noun; "mou" is an adjective - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #6 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "moo" arrives as a noun, while "mou" is an adjective. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Single-letter fork: "moo" keeps o, "mou" writes u at letter 3.
- No shared spelling stem: "moo" is 3 letters, "mu" is 2; only the sound ties them.
- No shared spelling stem: "mou" is 3 letters, "mu" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across moo, mou, mu: m. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
moo
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory mo · private o
mou
3 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVV
Inventory mou · private ou
mu
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory mu · private u
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "moo" when you mean: Onomatopeya del mugido de un bovino; mu.
- Write "mou" when you mean: Blando.
- Write "mu" when you mean: Onomatopeya del mugido o bramido de un bovino.