maavsmodaTell them apart

Which to use

“maa” and “moda” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,525
“maa” frequency rank
#2,154
“moda” frequency rank
50679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maa moda
Definition chão, solo uso passageiro que regula, de acordo com o gosto do momento, a forma de viver, de vestir, etc

Letter map: maa vs moda

Shared letters muted; letters that set maa and moda apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
maa
4 ch
moda

Spelling & dictionary notes on maa vs moda

maa and moda are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maa is recorded at frequency rank #48,525, classified as anoun. moda is at rank #2,154, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔ.dɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 50679, this pair ranks #14,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maa vs moda

Shared letters: am. Private to "maa": -. Private to "moda": do.

"maa" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "moda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modamdoa · mmoda · moad · modda · omda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maa" for "moda" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "maa" or "moda"?
"moda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,154 in our Portuguese list, against #48,525 for "maa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "maa" vs "moda" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "maa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maa" and "moda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs malva". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #14,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list