minovsmoídoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,177
“mino” frequency rank
#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
67428
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mino moído
Definition forma masculina de mina: rapaz que se moeu

Letter map: mino vs moído

Shared letters muted; letters that set mino and moído apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mino runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moído's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mino
5 ch
moído

Role in the sentence - mino and moído

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mino is anoun and moídoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67428, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mino is recorded at frequency rank #27,177, classified as anoun. moído is at rank #40,251, 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 67428, this pair ranks #4,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mino vs moído

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mino": in. Private to "moído": dí.

"mino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mino ← imno · minno · mion · mmino · mnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mino" and "moído" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mino" is a noun and "moído" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mino" vs "moído" - which ranks higher?
"mino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,177 in our Portuguese list, against #40,251 for "moído". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mino" and "moído".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mino" and "moído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". 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 #4,621 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