Which to use
“mori” is a noun and “mos” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,605
- “mori” frequency rank
- #32,917
- “mos” frequency rank
- 68522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mori | mos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marabout. | Ne … pas : négation à l'impératif, au subjonctif, après në « si » et duke « en ». |
Where the eye mixes mori and mos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mori vs mos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mori is \mó.ri\ while mos is \mos\. 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 adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mori is recorded at frequency rank #35,605, classified as anoun, pronounced \mó.ri\. mos is at rank #32,917, tagged as anadv, pronounced \mos\.
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 68522, this pair ranks #58,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mori vs mos
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mori": ir. Private to "mos": s.
"mori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mori ← mmori · moir · morri · mroi · omri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mori" for "mos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mori" vs "mos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mori" and "mos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mori" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mori" and "mos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Méry vs mori". 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 #58,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.