mojevsmoñoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,672
“moje” frequency rank
#27,316
“moño” frequency rank
73988
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moje moño
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de mojar o de mojarse. Porción de cabello que se sujeta por algún medio en la parte más cercana a la cabeza y luego se enrolla o se deja caer libremente. Se hacen por razones estéticas o de comodidad.

Where the eye mixes moje and moño

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. moje and moño follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
moje
4 ch
moño

Why the eye confuses moje with moño

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moje is [ˈmoxe] while moño is [ˈmoɲo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moje is recorded at frequency rank #46,672, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmoxe]. moño is at rank #27,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoɲo].

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 73988, this pair ranks #22,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moje vs moño

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moje": ej. Private to "moño": ñ.

"moje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moño" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moje ← mjoe · mmoje · moej · mojje · omje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moje" for "moño" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moje" is a verb and "moño" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "moje" vs "moño" - which ranks higher?
"moño" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,316 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moje" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moño" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moje" and "moño" 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 #22,186 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