míosvsmolTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,536
“míos” frequency rank
#40,405
“mol” frequency rank
45941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature míos mol
Definition Forma del plural de mío. 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 míos and mol

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

4 ch
míos
3 ch
mol

Look-alike desk: míos vs mol

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: míos is [ˈmios] while mol is [ˈmol]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

míos is recorded at frequency rank #5,536, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmios]. 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 45941, this pair ranks #128,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of míos vs mol

Shared letters: mo. Private to "míos": . Private to "mol": l.

"míos" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "míos" and "mol" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "míos" is an adjective and "mol" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "míos" vs "mol" - which ranks higher?
"míos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,536 in our Spanish list, against #40,405 for "mol". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "míos" and "mol" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "míos" 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 #128,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "míos" and "mol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mol vs mur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #128,578 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