moldevsmondoConfusable pair

Quick tell: molde is a noun, mondo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#13,961
“molde” frequency rank
#44,876
“mondo” frequency rank
58837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature molde mondo
Definition Pieza hueca donde se deposita una materia líquida o blanda, como la masa del pan o de una tarta o el yeso, para darle una forma determinada. Limpio y libre de cosas superfluas, mezcladas, añadidas o adherentes.

Where the eye mixes molde and mondo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. molde and mondo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
molde
5 ch
mondo

Look-alike desk: molde vs mondo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: molde is [ˈmol̪d̪e] while mondo is [ˈmõn̪d̪o]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

molde is recorded at frequency rank #13,961, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmol̪d̪e]. mondo is at rank #44,876, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmõn̪d̪o].

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 58837, this pair ranks #64,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of molde vs mondo

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "molde": el. Private to "mondo": n.

"molde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mondo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • molde ← mlode · mmolde · modle · moldde · moled · mollde · omlde
  • mondo ← mmondo · mnodo · modno · monddo · monndo · monod · omndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "molde" for "mondo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "molde" is a noun and "mondo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "molde" or "mondo" show up more?
"molde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,961 in our Spanish list, against #44,876 for "mondo". 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 "molde" and "mondo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "molde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mondo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "molde" and "mondo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mondo vs month". 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 #64,962 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