modavsmonoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,154
“moda” frequency rank
#23,739
“mono” frequency rank
25893
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moda mono
Definition uso passageiro que regula, de acordo com o gosto do momento, a forma de viver, de vestir, etc relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.

Letter map: moda vs mono

Shared letters muted; letters that set moda and mono apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
moda
4 ch
mono

Part-of-speech tell for moda / mono

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moda is anoun and monoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moda is recorded at frequency rank #2,154, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔ.dɐ/. 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 25893, this pair ranks #43,350 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moda vs mono

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moda": ad. Private to "mono": n.

"moda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modamdoa · mmoda · moad · modda · omda
  • monommono · mnoo · monno · omno

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "moda" and "mono" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moda" is a noun and "mono" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "moda" vs "mono" - which ranks higher?
"moda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,154 in our Portuguese list, against #23,739 for "mono". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "moda" vs "mono" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moda" 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 #43,350 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moda" 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 #43,350 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