maridovsmordidoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: marido is a noun, mordido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marido” is a noun and “mordido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,197
“marido” frequency rank
#23,414
“mordido” frequency rank
24611
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marido mordido
Definition o cônjuge masculino enraivecido

Letter map: marido vs mordido

Shared letters muted; letters that set marido and mordido apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. marido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mordido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
marido
7 ch
mordido

Grammar separator: marido vs mordido

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marido is anoun and mordidoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24611, 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/. mordido is at rank #23,414, 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 24611, this pair ranks #44,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marido vs mordido

Shared letters: dimor. Private to "marido": a. Private to "mordido": -.

"marido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mordido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marido ← amrido · mairdo · mardio · mariddo · mariod · marrido · mmarido · mraido
  • mordido ← mmordido · modrido · morddido · morddio · mordiddo · mordiod · moriddo · morrdido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marido" and "mordido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marido" is a noun and "mordido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "marido" vs "mordido" - which ranks higher?
"marido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,197 in our Portuguese list, against #23,414 for "mordido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "marido" vs "mordido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mordido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marido" and "mordido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moído vs mordido". 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 #44,954 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