moio

noun

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The verdict

“moio” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,022 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - medida de volume equivalente a sessenta alqueires (828 litros)

Key facts for moio
PropertyValue
Headwordmoio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#95,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “moio” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). moio lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

moio is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,022 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for moio, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is moio, spelled M-O-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    medida de volume equivalente a sessenta alqueires (828 litros)
  2. 2
    sessenta, utilizado para um número de objetos em venda; conjunto de sessenta objetos iguais
  3. 3
    sessenta

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moio"?
"moio" is spelled M-O-I-O.
What does "moio" mean?
As a noun, "moio" means: medida de volume equivalente a sessenta alqueires (828 litros)
What language does "moio" come from?
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Using “moio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list