mirovsmoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,133
“miro” frequency rank
#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
12593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: miro vs mo

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

4 ch
miro
2 ch
mo

Part-of-speech tell for miro / mo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: miro is averb and moanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miro is recorded at frequency rank #5,133, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmiɾo]. 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 12593, this pair ranks #290,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of miro vs mo

Shared letters: mo. Private to "miro": ir. Private to "mo": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miroimro · mior · mirro · mmiro · mrio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miro" for "mo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miro" is a verb and "mo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "miro" vs "mo" - which ranks higher?
"miro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,133 in our Spanish list, against #7,460 for "mo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miro" 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 #290,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miro" 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 #290,975 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