Which to use
“mo” is a pronoun and “mood” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,745
- “mo” frequency rank
- #25,401
- “mood” frequency rank
- 30146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mo | mood |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro) | humor |
Where the eye mixes mo and mood
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses mo with mood
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mo is /mo/ while mood is /mud/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mo” sits inside “mood”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mo is recorded at frequency rank #4,745, classified as apron, pronounced /mo/. mood is at rank #25,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mud/.
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 30146, this pair ranks #38,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mo vs mood
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mo": -. Private to "mood": d.
"mo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mood ← mmood · mod · moodd · omod
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mo" and "mood" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mo" vs "mood" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mo" and "mood" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mo" 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 #38,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mo" and "mood" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moído vs mood". 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 #38,294 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.