mofovsmostWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mofo is a noun, most is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mofo” is a noun and “most” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,442
“mofo” frequency rank
#13,567
“most” frequency rank
43009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mofo most
Definition espécie de fungo de tamanho pequeno que coloniza a matéria orgânica rica em nutrientes, têm um micélio filamentoso e enramado que é a forma macroscópica visível como borra ou pelo muito

Letter map: mofo vs most

Shared letters muted; letters that set mofo and most apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mofo
4 ch
most

Grammar separator: mofo vs most

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mofo is anoun and mostanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mofo is recorded at frequency rank #29,442, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmo.fu/. most is at rank #13,567, tagged as anadv.

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 43009, this pair ranks #22,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mofo vs most

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mofo": f. Private to "most": st.

"mofo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "most" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mofomfoo · mmofo · moffo · moof · omfo
  • mostmmost · mosst · mostt · mots · msot · omst

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mofo" and "most" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mofo" is a noun and "most" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mofo" or "most"?
"most" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,567 in our Portuguese list, against #29,442 for "mofo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mofo" and "most". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mofo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "most" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mofo" and "most" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mofo vs muso". 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 #22,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list