mojónvsmozosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,220
“mojón” frequency rank
#24,238
“mozos” frequency rank
58458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mojón mozos
Definition Señal o marca que, fijada en el suelo y convenientemente indicada, marca los límites de un territorio o propiedad. Forma del plural de mozo.

Where the eye mixes mojón and mozos

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

5 ch
mojón
5 ch
mozos

Visual trap between mojón and mozos

A purely visual mix-up. mojón ([moˈxõn]) and mozos ([ˈmosos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mojón is recorded at frequency rank #34,220, classified as anoun, pronounced [moˈxõn]. mozos is at rank #24,238, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmosos].

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 58458, this pair ranks #66,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mojón vs mozos

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mojón": jnó. Private to "mozos": sz.

"mojón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mozos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mozos ← mmozos · moozs · mozoss · mozso · mozzos · mzoos · omzos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mojón" for "mozos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([moˈxõn] versus [ˈmosos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mojón" or "mozos" show up more?
"mozos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,238 in our Spanish list, against #34,220 for "mojón". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mojón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mozos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mojón" and "mozos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mojón vs mood". 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 #66,374 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