morte

//ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#281

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

morte is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de morrer ou efeito de matar; fato ou momento que leva algo do estado vivo para o estado morto Pronounced /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/. It ranks #281 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with moto and most.

Key facts for morte
PropertyValue
Headwordmorte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/
Letters5
Frequency rank#281
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for morte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #281 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for morte, with forms such as "mmorte", "moret", and "morrte". 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", "most", "mote", 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 morte, spelled M-O-R-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de morrer ou efeito de matar; fato ou momento que leva algo do estado vivo para o estado morto
  2. 2
    desaparecimento dos sinais vitais, tais quais pressão arterial, movimentos respiratórios e atividade cerebral
  3. 3
    fim, decadência
  4. 4
    entidade sobrenatural imaginária que ceifa a vida

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmorte,moret,morrte,mortte,motre,mrote,omrte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for morte

Misspelling Variants of "morte"

mmorte6moret5morrte6mortte6motre5mrote5omrte5
Misspelling Variants of "morte"

Frequency rank: #281 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "morte"?
"morte" is spelled M-O-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/.
What does "morte" mean?
As a noun, "morte" means: ato de morrer ou efeito de matar; fato ou momento que leva algo do estado vivo para o estado morto
What words are commonly confused with "morte"?
"morte" is commonly confused with "moto", "most", "mote". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "morte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "morte" is /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "morte" come from?
"morte" 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.