moço
/ˈmo.sʊ/
The verdict
“moço” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #12,496) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #12,496
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verde, não maduro
Corpus desk
Index PT-moco · moço · Portuguese
moço · rank #12,496 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,496
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH motivado
Nearest frequency peer: motivado (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “moço”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- madonna
madonna
87,516 corpus weight
- magnífico
magnífico
87,515 corpus weight
- moderado
moderado
87,508 corpus weight
- motivado
motivado
87,506 corpus weight
- moço
moço
87,505 corpus weight
- mármore
mármore
87,503 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “moço” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmo.sʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #12,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “moço”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for moço is neighbouring look-alikes ("mor", "moi", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈmo.sʊ/. Frequency #12,496 among 1,087 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for moço, with forms such as "mmoço", "mooç", and "mçoo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mor", "moi", "modo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is moço, spelled M-O-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1verde, não maduro
- 2não totalmente cozido
- 3a falar de carnes e fumeiros, não totalmente curado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmoço
- mooç
- mçoo
- omço
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moço - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moço", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).