I’ve always thought that mold is the fungus, and to mould is to shape. When talking about it with my colleagues yesterday, I was surprised that this isn’t common. Most people use one of the two spellings to refer to both.

Doing a quick search on duckduckgo also confirms that:

In my quest to prove them wrong, I was surprised at how wrong I was… until I discovered a few people on the internet who said the same thing:

I’m not looking for what’s correct or incorrect anymore, I just find it very fascinating that there are some people who use the words similarly to me, but the vast majority of others who use it in a different way.

So: what’s the difference between mould and mold according to you?

  • JackGreenEarthEnglish
    9•22 days ago

    I always thought mould was the fungus and to mold was to manipulate a material

    • @[email protected]
      7•22 days ago

      I’m Canadian, and we use a mix of British and American spellings, mostly depending on how we feel at the time of writing.

      This is how I use it. So one could mold mould if they were so inclined.

    • @RememberTheApollo_
      2•21 days ago

      I do this too, to keep them separate in my head. I get that they’re interchangeable.