minovsmoinhoConfusable pair

Which to use

“mino” and “moinho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,177
“mino” frequency rank
#10,401
“moinho” frequency rank
37578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mino moinho
Definition forma masculina de mina: rapaz engenho para moer cereais

Letter map: mino vs moinho

Shared letters muted; letters that set mino and moinho apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mino runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moinho's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
mino
6 ch
moinho

Spelling & dictionary notes on mino vs moinho

mino and moinho are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mino is recorded at frequency rank #27,177, classified as anoun. moinho is at rank #10,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.ˈi.ɲu/ [muˈiɲu], [ˈmu̯iɲu].

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 37578, this pair ranks #29,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mino vs moinho

Shared letters: imno. Private to "mino": -. Private to "moinho": h.

"mino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moinho" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mino ← imno · minno · mion · mmino · mnio
  • moinho ← mionho · mmoinho · moihno · moinhho · moinnho · moinoh · moniho · ominho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mino" and "moinho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mino" vs "moinho" - which ranks higher?
"moinho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,401 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.

After this comparison

Pair "mino" vs "moinho" 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 "moinho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mino" and "moinho" 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 #29,010 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