mono

adj

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The verdict

“mono” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #23,739) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#23,739
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.

Corpus desk

Index PT-mono · mono · Portuguese

mono · rank #23,739 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,739
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mui

Nearest frequency peer: mui (+2 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 “mono”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “mono” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mono vs mor
50% similar
mono vs mora
50% similar
mono vs moto
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mono
PropertyValue
Headwordmono
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters4
Frequency rank#23,739
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “mono”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).monocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mui” (#23,741), “moderador” (#23,735), “mescla” (#23,732). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mono” fica em #23,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mono is neighbouring look-alikes ("mor", "mora", …), not just typos; it is anadjective. Frequency #23,739 among 1,087 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mono, with forms such as "mmono", "mnoo", and "monno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mor", "mora", "moto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 mono, spelled M-O-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.
  2. 2
    sem-saborão, macambúzio
  3. 3
    que não tem chifres

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Cabra mona."

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmono
  • mnoo
  • monno
  • omno

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mono - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmono1mnoo2monno1omno2
Edit distance from "mono"

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 "mono"?
"mono" is spelled M-O-N-O.
What does "mono" mean?
As an adjective, "mono" means: relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.
What words are commonly confused with "mono"?
"mono" is commonly confused with "mor", "mora", "moto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mono" come from?
"mono" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mono", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hear#23,683rasa#23,795hawk#23,682bien#23,913

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list