moídovsmórbidoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
#39,273
“mórbido” frequency rank
79524
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moído mórbido
Definition que se moeu enfermo;

Letter map: moído vs mórbido

Shared letters muted; letters that set moído and mórbido apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mórbido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
moído
7 ch
mórbido

Pair insight - moído / mórbido

moído and mórbido 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79524, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. mórbido is at rank #39,273, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɔɾ.bi.du/.

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 79524, this pair ranks #1,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs mórbido

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "moído": í. Private to "mórbido": biró.

"moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mórbido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moído" and "mórbido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 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 "mórbido" - which ranks higher?
"mórbido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,273 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 "moído" and "mórbido".

  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mórbido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moído" and "mórbido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,492 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