Which to use
“mood” and “mote” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,401
- “mood” frequency rank
- #18,928
- “mote” frequency rank
- 44329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mood | mote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | humor | partícula de pó |
Where the eye mixes mood and mote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mood (CVVC) and mote (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses mood with mote
A purely visual mix-up. mood (/mud/) and mote (/moʊt/) 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 44329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mood is recorded at frequency rank #25,401, classified as anoun, pronounced /mud/. mote is at rank #18,928, tagged as anoun, pronounced /moʊt/.
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 44329, this pair ranks #21,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mood vs mote
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mood": d. Private to "mote": et.
"mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mood" and "mote" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mood" vs "mote" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mood" and "mote" 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 "mote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mood" and "mote" 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 #21,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.