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Which to use

“mob” and “moco” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,868
“mob” frequency rank
#21,073
“moco” frequency rank
65941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mob moco
Definition Turba. Humor viscoso que es segregado por las membranas mucosas, especialmente la nasal.

Where the eye mixes mob and moco

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mob runs 3 letters (CVC) against moco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mob
4 ch
moco

Look-alike desk: mob vs moco

A purely visual mix-up. mob (/mɒb/) and moco ([ˈmoko]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mob is recorded at frequency rank #44,868, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɒb/. moco is at rank #21,073, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoko].

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 65941, this pair ranks #41,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mob vs moco

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mob": b. Private to "moco": c.

"mob" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "moco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moco ← mcoo · mmoco · mocco · mooc · omco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mob" for "moco" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/mɒb/ versus [ˈmoko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mob" or "moco"?
"moco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,073 in our Spanish list, against #44,868 for "mob". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mob" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mob" and "moco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mob 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 #41,216 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