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“malhado” and “molhado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,532
- “malhado” frequency rank
- #10,048
- “molhado” frequency rank
- 46580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malhado | molhado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | animal que possui manchas ou malhas | que recebeu líquido; úmido |
Letter map: malhado vs molhado
Shared letters muted; letters that set malhado and molhado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. malhado and molhado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - malhado / molhado
malhado and molhado 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 a single letter - a in “malhado” becomes o in “molhado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malhado is recorded at frequency rank #36,532, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɐ.ˈʎa.du/. molhado is at rank #10,048, tagged as anadj.
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 46580, this pair ranks #18,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malhado vs molhado
Shared letters: adhlmo. Private to "malhado": -. Private to "molhado": -.
"malhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "molhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "malhado" vs "molhado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "malhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "molhado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malhado" and "molhado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malhado vs melado". 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 #18,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.