movsMrsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
#16,159
“Mrs” frequency rank
23619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mo Mrs
Definition Mi, mío. Sra., contracción de mistress.

Letter map: mo vs Mrs

Shared letters muted; letters that set mo and Mrs apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
mo
3 ch
Mrs

Part-of-speech tell for mo / Mrs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mo is anadjective and Mrsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mo is recorded at frequency rank #7,460, classified as anadj. Mrs is at rank #16,159, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɪs.əz/.

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 23619, this pair ranks #244,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mo vs Mrs

Shared letters: m. Private to "mo": o. Private to "Mrs": rs.

"mo" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "Mrs" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mo" for "Mrs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mo" is an adjective and "Mrs" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mo" or "Mrs" show up more?
"mo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,460 in our Spanish list, against #16,159 for "Mrs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mo" and "Mrs". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mrs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #244,938 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mo" and "Mrs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mrs vs mur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #244,938 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