movsmojeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
#46,672
“moje” frequency rank
54132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mo moje
Definition Mi, mío. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de mojar o de mojarse.

Letter map: mo vs moje

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

2 ch
mo
4 ch
moje

Part-of-speech tell for mo / moje

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mo is anadjective and mojeaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mo” sits inside “moje”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mo is recorded at frequency rank #7,460, classified as anadj. 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 54132, this pair ranks #84,668 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mo vs moje

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mo": -. Private to "moje": ej.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mojemjoe · mmoje · moej · mojje · omje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mo" for "moje" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mo" is an adjective and "moje" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mo" or "moje" show up more?
"mo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,460 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

Pair "mo" vs "moje" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" 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 #84,668 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mo" 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 #84,668 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