magovsmoTell them apart

Quick tell: mago is a noun, mo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mago” is a noun and “mo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,140
“mago” frequency rank
#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
15600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mago mo
Definition Persona que practica la magia. Mi, mío.

Letter map: mago vs mo

Shared letters muted; letters that set mago and mo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mago
2 ch
mo

Part-of-speech tell for mago / mo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mago is anoun and moanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mago is recorded at frequency rank #8,140, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɣ̞o]. mo is at rank #7,460, tagged as anadj.

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 15600, this pair ranks #279,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mago vs mo

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mago": ag. Private to "mo": -.

"mago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mo" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magoamgo · maggo · maog · mgao · mmago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mago" and "mo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mago" is a noun and "mo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mago" or "mo"?
"mo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,460 in our Spanish list, against #8,140 for "mago". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mago" vs "mo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mago" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mago" and "mo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mo vs mur". 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 #279,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list