mor
/ˈmɔh/ (carioca)
The verdict
“mor” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,447) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,447
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - maior
Corpus desk
Index PT-mor · mor · Portuguese
mor · rank #6,447 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,447
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH master
Nearest frequency peer: master (-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 “mor”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- light
light
93,557 corpus weight
- master
master
93,555 corpus weight
- mor
mor
93,554 corpus weight
- mover
mover
93,553 corpus weight
- namoro
namoro
93,552 corpus weight
- nomeado
nomeado
93,550 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “mor” 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 | mor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɔh/ (carioca) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “mor”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mor is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "MPB", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈmɔh/ (carioca). Frequency #6,447 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Gloss: "maior".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mor, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "MPB", "mui", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mor, spelled M-O-R.
Definition
- 1maior
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por um motivo mor, não veio.
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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