monvsmoodConfusable pair

Quick tell: mon is a adjective, mood is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#12,651
“mon” frequency rank
#47,266
“mood” frequency rank
59917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mon mood
Definition Mi. Humor, estado de ánimo.

Where the eye mixes mon and mood

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
mon
4 ch
mood

Look-alike desk: mon vs mood

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mon is /mɔ̃/ while mood is /muːd/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mon is recorded at frequency rank #12,651, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɔ̃/. mood is at rank #47,266, tagged as anoun, pronounced /muːd/.

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 59917, this pair ranks #60,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mon vs mood

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mon": n. Private to "mood": d.

"mon" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moodmmood · mod · moodd · omod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mon" and "mood" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mon" is an adjective and "mood" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mon" or "mood"?
"mon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,651 in our Spanish list, against #47,266 for "mood". 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 "mon" and "mood" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mood" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mon" and "mood" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mood 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 #60,826 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