moi vs moído, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,946
“moi” frequency rank: #40,251
“moído” frequency rank: 61197
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	moi	moído
Definition	mim, eu, pronome pessoal tónico da primeira pessoa do singular:	que se moeu

Letter map: moi vs moído

Shared letters muted; letters that set moi and moído apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. moi runs 3 letters (CVV) against moído's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

moi

5 ch

moído

Role in the sentence - moi and moído

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moi is apronoun and moídoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moi is recorded at frequency rank #20,946, classified as apron, pronounced /mwa/. 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 61197, this pair ranks #7,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moi vs moído

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moi": i. Private to "moído": dí.

"moi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moi" for "moído" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moi" is a pronoun and "moído" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "moi" or "moído"?

"moi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,946 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "moi" and "moído".

Full dictionary entry for "moi" 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 #7,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"moi" and "moído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.