morada
The verdict
“morada” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,188 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,188
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de morar; habitação, moradia
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 | morada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “morada” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for morada is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #7,188 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for morada, with forms such as "mmorada", "moarda", and "moraad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "moral", "morar", "morsa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 morada, spelled M-O-R-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1ato de morar; habitação, moradia
- 2casa, moradia, residência
- 3período em que se reside em algum lugar
- 4endereço de residência
- 5local em que frequentemente se encontra determinada coisa
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmorada,moarda,moraad,moradda,mordaa,morrada,mroada,omrada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of morada - 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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Using “morada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-O-R-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “moral” - see the side-by-side comparison. morada vs moral
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.