morro

//ˈmo.Ru// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,501

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

morro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: elevação de terra suave e não muito alta Pronounced /ˈmo.Ru/. It ranks #3,501 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with moto and muro.

Key facts for morro
PropertyValue
Headwordmorro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmo.Ru/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,501
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of morro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for morro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmo.Ru/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,501 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for morro, with forms such as "mmorro", "moro", and "moror". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "moto", "muro", "morte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is morro, spelled M-O-R-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    elevação de terra suave e não muito alta
  2. 2
    favela

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorro,moro,moror,mroro,omrro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morro

Misspelling Variants of "morro"

mmorro6moro4moror5mroro5omrro5
Misspelling Variants of "morro"

Frequency rank: #3,501 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morro"?
"morro" is spelled M-O-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmo.Ru/.
What does "morro" mean?
As a noun, "morro" means: elevação de terra suave e não muito alta
What words are commonly confused with "morro"?
"morro" is commonly confused with "moto", "muro", "morte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morro" is /ˈmo.Ru/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morro" come from?
"morro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.