Which to use
“melado” is a noun and “molhado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,950
- “melado” frequency rank
- #10,048
- “molhado” frequency rank
- 56998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melado | molhado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa | que recebeu líquido; úmido |
Letter map: melado vs molhado
Shared letters muted; letters that set melado and molhado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. melado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against molhado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: melado vs molhado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: melado is anoun and molhadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melado is recorded at frequency rank #46,950, classified as anoun. 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 56998, this pair ranks #9,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melado vs molhado
Shared letters: adlmo. Private to "melado": e. Private to "molhado": h.
"melado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "molhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "melado" and "molhado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "melado" vs "molhado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "melado" and "molhado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "melado" 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 #9,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melado" and "molhado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs minado". 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 #9,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.