Which to use
“mol” is a noun and “mori” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,405
- “mol” frequency rank
- #22,428
- “mori” frequency rank
- 62833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mol | mori |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unidad de cantidad de sustancia empleada en el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, definida como la cantidad de sustancia de un sistema que contiene tantos entes elementales como átomos hay en 0,012 kg del nucleído carbono-12, o como la cantidad de una sustancia cuyo peso en gramos equivale a su número atómico. Si se emplea para expresar la cantidad de una sustancia, debe indicarse a qué tipo de unidades corresponde: átomos, moléculas, etc. El número de unidades contenidas está representado por el número de Avogadro. | Infinitivo presente activo de morior. |
Where the eye mixes mol and mori
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mol runs 3 letters (CVC) against mori's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mol vs mori
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mol is [ˈmol] while mori is [ˈmɔ.riː]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mol is recorded at frequency rank #40,405, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmol]. mori is at rank #22,428, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmɔ.riː].
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 62833, this pair ranks #50,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mol vs mori
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mol": l. Private to "mori": ir.
"mol" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mori ← mmori · moir · mroi · omri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mol" for "mori" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mol" vs "mori" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mol" and "mori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mol 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 #50,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.