malvadovsmolhadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,040
“malvado” frequency rank
#10,048
“molhado” frequency rank
33088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature malvado molhado
Definition que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade que recebeu líquido; úmido

Letter map: malvado vs molhado

Shared letters muted; letters that set malvado and molhado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. malvado and molhado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
malvado
7 ch
molhado

Spelling & dictionary notes on malvado vs molhado

malvado 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

malvado is recorded at frequency rank #23,040, classified as anadj. 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 33088, this pair ranks #34,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of malvado vs molhado

Shared letters: adlmo. Private to "malvado": v. Private to "molhado": h.

"malvado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "molhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • malvado ← amlvado · malavdo · mallvado · malvaddo · malvaod · malvdao · malvvado · mavlado
  • molhado ← mlohado · mmolhado · mohlado · molahdo · molhaddo · molhaod · molhdao · molhhado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "malvado" and "molhado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "malvado" vs "molhado" - which ranks higher?
"molhado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,048 in our Portuguese list, against #23,040 for "malvado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "malvado" vs "molhado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "malvado" 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 #34,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "malvado" and "molhado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malvado 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 #34,532 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