míovsmolTell them apart

Quick tell: mío is a pronoun, mol is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mío” is a pronoun and “mol” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,684
“mío” frequency rank
#40,405
“mol” frequency rank
42089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mío mol
Definition Pronombre posesivo de la primera persona (yo). Se refiere a lo que es propio o pertenece a mí. 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.

Where the eye mixes mío and mol

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
mío
3 ch
mol

Look-alike desk: mío vs mol

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mío is [ˈmio] while mol is [ˈmol]. 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 (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mío is recorded at frequency rank #1,684, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈmio]. mol is at rank #40,405, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmol].

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 42089, this pair ranks #150,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mío vs mol

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mío": í. Private to "mol": l.

"mío" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "mol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mío" and "mol" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mío" is a pronoun and "mol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mío" vs "mol" - which ranks higher?
"mío" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,684 in our Spanish list, against #40,405 for "mol". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mío" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,157 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mío" and "mol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mol vs mur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #150,157 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