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How to pronounce moe

acronym contested

M O E /ˌɛm oʊ ˈiː/ mp3
or: moh /moʊ/

moe is most commonly pronounced "M O E" (/ˌɛm oʊ ˈiː/). This is one of several readings in active use; the developer community hasn't converged on a single answer.

Mixture of Experts. Spelled "M-O-E" in papers; some pronounce it "MOH" like the Three Stooges character.

Alternate readings you might hear:

Source: HuggingFace MoE blog

Pronouncing project and product names correctly avoids the small but persistent friction of being gently corrected during standups, conference Q&As, and team calls. Hearing the word a few times locks in the right reading better than reading IPA ever will. Pronounce is a community-maintained dictionary — every entry tagged with a confidence level and (where possible) a citable source.

Hear it from the command line

$ say-it moe # primary × 3 + audible "or: …" for each alternate
$ say-it --alt moe # focus on the first alternate
$ say-it --all moe # primary AND every alternate, each repeated
$ say-it --solo moe # primary only, no "or: …" tail
$ say-it --why moe # print the dict entry with source URL

Install the CLI: git clone https://github.com/anzy-renlab-ai/pronounce.git && cd pronounce && ./install.sh

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