minovsmoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mino is a noun, mo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mino” is a noun and “mo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,177
“mino” frequency rank
#4,745
“mo” frequency rank
31922
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mino mo
Definition forma masculina de mina: rapaz combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro)

Letter map: mino vs mo

Shared letters muted; letters that set mino and mo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mino
2 ch
mo

Grammar separator: mino vs mo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mino is anoun and moapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31922, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mino is recorded at frequency rank #27,177, classified as anoun. mo is at rank #4,745, tagged as apron, pronounced /mo/.

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 31922, this pair ranks #36,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mino vs mo

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mino": in. Private to "mo": -.

"mino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mo" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • minoimno · minno · mion · mmino · mnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mino" and "mo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mino" is a noun and "mo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mino" or "mo"?
"mo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,745 in our Portuguese list, against #27,177 for "mino". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mino" vs "mo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mino" and "mo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mino vs muso". 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 #36,017 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