moçãovsmoídoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#13,980
“moção” frequency rank
#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
54231
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moção moído
Definition ato ou efeito de mover que se moeu

Letter map: moção vs moído

Shared letters muted; letters that set moção and moído apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
moção
5 ch
moído

Part-of-speech tell for moção / moído

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moção is anoun and moídoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moção is recorded at frequency rank #13,980, classified as anoun, pronounced /mu.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 54231, this pair ranks #11,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moção vs moído

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moção": ãç. Private to "moído": .

"moção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moção" for "moído" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moção" is a noun and "moído" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "moção" or "moído"?
"moção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,980 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

Pair "moção" vs "moído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moção" 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 #11,424 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moção" and "moído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #11,424 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