mognovsmortoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#43,542
“mogno” frequency rank
#1,096
“morto” frequency rank
44638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mogno morto
Definition árvore meliácea da América tropical, especialmente das Antilhas (Swietenia mahogani), de madeira dura, marrom-avermelhada, muito apreciada para marcenaria de luxo que deixou de viver

Letter map: mogno vs morto

Shared letters muted; letters that set mogno and morto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mogno and morto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
mogno
5 ch
morto

Role in the sentence - mogno and morto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mogno is anoun and mortoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mogno is recorded at frequency rank #43,542, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔgnu/. morto is at rank #1,096, 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 44638, this pair ranks #20,814 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mogno vs morto

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mogno": gn. Private to "morto": rt.

"mogno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mogno ← mgono · mmogno · moggno · mognno · mogon · mongo · omgno
  • morto ← mmorto · morot · morrto · mortto · motro · mroto · omrto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mogno" and "morto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mogno" is a noun and "morto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mogno" or "morto"?
"morto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,096 in our Portuguese list, against #43,542 for "mogno". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mogno" and "morto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mogno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,814 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mogno" and "morto" 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 #20,814 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