movsmuroWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,460
“mo” frequency rank
#2,941
“muro” frequency rank
10401
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mo muro
Definition Mi, mío. Construcción vertical que sirve para separar un espacio de otro o para delimitar o encerrar un espacio.

Letter map: mo vs muro

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

2 ch
mo
4 ch
muro

Grammar separator: mo vs muro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mo is anadjective and muroanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mo is recorded at frequency rank #7,460, classified as anadj. muro is at rank #2,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmuɾo].

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 10401, this pair ranks #298,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mo vs muro

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mo": -. Private to "muro": ru.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • murommuro · mruo · muor · murro · umro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mo" for "muro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mo" is an adjective and "muro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mo" vs "muro" - which ranks higher?
"muro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,941 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #298,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mo" and "muro" 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 #298,749 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