menovsmoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,071
“meno” frequency rank
#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
35531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meno mo
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de menar. Mi, mío.

Letter map: meno vs mo

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

4 ch
meno
2 ch
mo

Grammar separator: meno vs mo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meno is averb and moanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meno is recorded at frequency rank #28,071, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmeno]. 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 35531, this pair ranks #185,569 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meno vs mo

Shared letters: mo. Private to "meno": en. Private to "mo": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • menoemno · menno · meon · mmeno · mneo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meno" and "mo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meno" is a verb and "mo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "meno" or "mo" show up more?
"mo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,460 in our Spanish list, against #28,071 for "meno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meno" and "mo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "meno" 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 #185,569 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meno" and "mo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meno vs minor". 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 #185,569 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