merdavsmoradaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: merda is a intj, morada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“merda” is an intj and “morada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#436
“merda” frequency rank
#7,188
“morada” frequency rank
7624
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature merda morada
Definition utilizado antes de um ator entrar no palco: boa sorte; boa apresentação ato de morar; habitação, moradia

Letter map: merda vs morada

Shared letters muted; letters that set merda and morada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
merda
6 ch
morada

Grammar separator: merda vs morada

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: merda is anintj and moradaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

merda is recorded at frequency rank #436, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈmɛɾ.dɐ/. morada is at rank #7,188, tagged as anoun.

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 7624, this pair ranks #66,486 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of merda vs morada

Shared letters: admr. Private to "merda": e. Private to "morada": o.

"merda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "morada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • merdaemrda · medra · merad · merdda · merrda · mmerda · mreda
  • moradammorada · moarda · moraad · moradda · mordaa · morrada · mroada · omrada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "merda" for "morada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "merda" is an intj and "morada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "merda" vs "morada" - which ranks higher?
"merda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #436 in our Portuguese list, against #7,188 for "morada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "merda" and "morada". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "merda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,486 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "merda" and "morada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marajá vs morada". 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 #66,486 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