majovsmojeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: majo is a adjective, moje is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“majo” is an adjective and “moje” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,286
“majo” frequency rank
#46,672
“moje” frequency rank
75958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature majo moje
Definition Agradable a la vista o en el trato. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de mojar o de mojarse.

Where the eye mixes majo and moje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. majo and moje follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
majo
4 ch
moje

Look-alike desk: majo vs moje

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: majo is [ˈmaxo] while moje is [ˈmoxe]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

majo is recorded at frequency rank #29,286, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaxo]. moje is at rank #46,672, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmoxe].

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 75958, this pair ranks #18,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of majo vs moje

Shared letters: jmo. Private to "majo": a. Private to "moje": e.

"majo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • majo ← amjo · majjo · maoj · mjao · mmajo
  • moje ← mjoe · mmoje · moej · mojje · omje

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "majo" and "moje" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "majo" is an adjective and "moje" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "majo" or "moje" show up more?
"majo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,286 in our Spanish list, against #46,672 for "moje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "majo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,593 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "majo" and "moje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moje vs mop". 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 #18,593 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