moídovsmoldeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
#18,390
“molde” frequency rank
58641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moído molde
Definition que se moeu modelo escavado, próprio para reproduzir uma escultura através do enchimento com metal ou vidro fundido, gesso ou cimento; forma

Letter map: moído vs molde

Shared letters muted; letters that set moído and molde apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moído (CVVCV) and molde (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
moído
5 ch
molde

Role in the sentence - moído and molde

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moído is anadjective and moldeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. molde is at rank #18,390, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔɫ.dɨ/.

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 58641, this pair ranks #8,624 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs molde

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "moído": í. Private to "molde": el.

"moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "molde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • molde ← mlode · mmolde · moldde · moled · mollde · omlde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moído" for "molde" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moído" is an adjective and "molde" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "moído" vs "molde" - which ranks higher?
"molde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,390 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "molde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,624 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moído" and "molde" 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 #8,624 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