moídovsmonoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
#23,739
“mono” frequency rank
63990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moído mono
Definition que se moeu relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.

Letter map: moído vs mono

Shared letters muted; letters that set moído and mono apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mono's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
moído
4 ch
mono

Pair insight - moído / mono

moído and mono 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 63990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. 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 63990, this pair ranks #5,963 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs mono

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moído": dí. Private to "mono": n.

"moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mono ← mmono · mnoo · monno · omno

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moído" and "mono" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "moído" vs "mono" - which ranks higher?
"mono" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,739 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

You've compared "moído" and "mono". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" 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 #5,963 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moído" and "mono" 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 #5,963 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