Which to use
“malo” is an adjective and “mo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,118
- “malo” frequency rank
- #4,745
- “mo” frequency rank
- 45863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malo | mo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mau, malévolo: | combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro) |
Letter map: malo vs mo
Shared letters muted; letters that set malo and mo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - malo and mo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malo is anadjective and moapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malo is recorded at frequency rank #41,118, classified as anadj. mo is at rank #4,745, tagged as apron, pronounced /mo/.
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 45863, this pair ranks #19,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malo vs mo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "malo": al. Private to "mo": -.
"malo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mo" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- malo ← amlo · mallo · maol · mlao · mmalo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "malo" and "mo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "malo" or "mo" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "malo" vs "mo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "malo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malo" and "mo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs malo". 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 #19,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.