moodvsmoveTell them apart

Which to use

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

#47,266
“mood” frequency rank
#27,314
“move” frequency rank
74580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mood move
Definition Humor, estado de ánimo. Movimiento.

Where the eye mixes mood and move

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

4 ch
mood
4 ch
move

Why the eye confuses mood with move

A purely visual mix-up. mood (/muːd/) and move (/muːv/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mood is recorded at frequency rank #47,266, classified as anoun, pronounced /muːd/. move is at rank #27,314, tagged as anoun, pronounced /muːv/.

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 74580, this pair ranks #21,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mood vs move

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mood": d. Private to "move": ev.

"mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moodmmood · mod · moodd · omod
  • movemmove · mobe · moev · movve · mvoe · omve

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mood" and "move" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/muːd/ versus /muːv/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mood" or "move"?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,314 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 "mood" and "move" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mood" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "move" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mood" and "move" 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 #21,061 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