moi vs my, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“moi” and “my” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,946
“moi” frequency rank: #1,440
“my” frequency rank: 22386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	moi	my
Definition	mim, eu, pronome pessoal tónico da primeira pessoa do singular:	nós

Letter map: moi vs my

Shared letters muted; letters that set moi and my apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

moi

2 ch

Corpus notes: moi and my

moi and my are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22386, 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/. my is at rank #1,440, tagged as apron.

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 22386, this pair ranks #47,667 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moi vs my

Shared letters: m. Private to "moi": io. Private to "my": y.

"moi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "my" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "moi" vs "my" - which ranks higher?

"my" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,440 in our Portuguese list, against #20,946 for "moi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "moi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "my" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #47,667 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"moi" and "my" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs moi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #47,667 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.