Which to use
“mo” is a pronoun and “mono” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,745
- “mo” frequency rank
- #23,739
- “mono” frequency rank
- 28484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mo | mono |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro) | relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho. |
Letter map: mo vs mono
Shared letters muted; letters that set mo and mono apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for mo / mono
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mo is apronoun and monoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mo” sits inside “mono”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mo is recorded at frequency rank #4,745, classified as apron, pronounced /mo/. mono is at rank #23,739, 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 28484, this pair ranks #40,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mo vs mono
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mo": -. Private to "mono": n.
"mo" · 2 letters · shape CV · "mono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mono ← mmono · mnoo · monno · omno
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mo" and "mono" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mo" or "mono" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mono" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mo" and "mono" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mono 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 #40,329 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.