Which to use
“marido” is a noun and “mórbido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,197
- “marido” frequency rank
- #39,273
- “mórbido” frequency rank
- 40470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marido | mórbido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o cônjuge masculino | enfermo; |
Where the eye mixes marido and mórbido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mórbido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marido vs mórbido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marido is /mɐ.ˈɾi.du/ while mórbido is /ˈmɔɾ.bi.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marido is recorded at frequency rank #1,197, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.du/. mórbido is at rank #39,273, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɔɾ.bi.du/.
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 40470, this pair ranks #25,635 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marido vs mórbido
Shared letters: dimor. Private to "marido": a. Private to "mórbido": bó.
"marido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mórbido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marido ← amrido · mairdo · mardio · mariddo · mariod · marrido · mmarido · mraido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marido" for "mórbido" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marido" or "mórbido"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mórbido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,635 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marido" and "mórbido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moído vs mórbido". 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 #25,635 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.