Which to use
“moído” is an adjective and “mood” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,251
- “moído” frequency rank
- #25,401
- “mood” frequency rank
- 65652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moído | mood |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se moeu | humor |
Letter map: moído vs mood
Shared letters muted; letters that set moído and mood apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mood's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - moído and mood
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moído is anadjective and moodanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. mood is at rank #25,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mud/.
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 65652, this pair ranks #5,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moído vs mood
Shared letters: dmo. Private to "moído": í. Private to "mood": -.
"moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "mood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mood ← mmood · mod · moodd · omod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moído" and "mood" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "moído" or "mood"?
What to do next
You've compared "moído" and "mood". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "moído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mood" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moído" and "mood" 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 #5,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.