mol

[ˈmol]

/[ˈmol]/ noun

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The verdict

“mol” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,405) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#40,405
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unidad de cantidad de sustancia empleada en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, definida como la cantidad de sustancia de un sistema que contiene tantos entes elementales como átomos hay en 0,012...

Corpus desk

Index ES-mol · mol · Spanish

mol · rank #40,405 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,405
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mojarse

Nearest frequency peer: mojarse (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “mol”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “mol” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mol vs my
33% similar
mol vs Mr
0% similar
mol vs mu
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mol
PropertyValue
Headwordmol
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmol]
Letters3
Frequency rank#40,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “mol”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).molcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “mojarse” (#40,404), “montañés” (#40,406), “modulación” (#40,403). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mol” va en #40,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mol is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mr", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmol]. Frequency #40,405 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Unidad de cantidad de sustancia empleada en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, definida como la cantidad de sustancia de un sistema que contiene tantos entes elementales como átomos hay en 0,012...".

Zero misspellings are on record for mol in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "mu", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mol, spelled M-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad de cantidad de sustancia empleada en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, definida como la cantidad de sustancia de un sistema que contiene tantos entes elementales como átomos hay en 0,012 kg del nucleído carbono-12, o como la cantidad de una sustancia cuyo peso en gramos equivale a su número atómico. Si se emplea para expresar la cantidad de una sustancia, debe indicarse a qué tipo de unidades corresponde: átomos, moléculas, etc. El número de unidades contenidas está representado por el número de Avogadro.

This word in other languages

mole(English)mole(Français)Mol(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mol"?
"mol" is spelled M-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmol].
What does "mol" mean?
As a noun, "mol" means: Unidad de cantidad de sustancia empleada en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, definida como la cantidad de sustancia de un sistema que contiene tantos entes elementales como átomos hay en 0,012...
What words are commonly confused with "mol"?
"mol" is commonly confused with "my", "Mr", "mu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mol" is [ˈmol]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mol" come from?
"mol" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ore#40,435fab#40,306eme#40,276ska#40,554

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list