modovsMoryWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: modo is a noun, Mory is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“modo” is a noun and “Mory” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,677
“modo” frequency rank
#44,055
“Mory” frequency rank
60732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature modo Mory
Definition Langue nilosaharienne du groupe soudanique central parlée au Soudan. Prénom masculin.

Letter map: modo vs Mory

Shared letters muted; letters that set modo and Mory apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
modo
4 ch
Mory

Role in the sentence - modo and Mory

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: modo is anoun and Moryaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

modo is recorded at frequency rank #16,677, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.dɔ\. Mory is at rank #44,055, tagged as aname.

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 60732, this pair ranks #96,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of modo vs Mory

Shared letters: mo. Private to "modo": d. Private to "Mory": ry.

"modo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mory" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modomdoo · mmodo · moddo · omdo
  • Morymmory · morry · moryy · moyr · mroy · omry

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "modo" for "Mory" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "modo" is a noun and "Mory" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "modo" or "Mory" show up more?
"modo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,677 in our French list, against #44,055 for "Mory". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "modo" and "Mory".

  • Full dictionary entry for "modo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mory" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,068 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "modo" and "Mory" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Méry vs Mory". 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 #96,068 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list