moídovsmordidoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
#23,414
“mordido” frequency rank
63665
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moído mordido
Definition que se moeu enraivecido

Letter map: moído vs mordido

Shared letters muted; letters that set moído and mordido apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
moído
7 ch
mordido

Spelling & dictionary notes on moído vs mordido

moído and mordido 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 63665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. mordido is at rank #23,414, 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 63665, this pair ranks #6,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs mordido

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "moído": í. Private to "mordido": ir.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mordidommordido · modrido · morddido · morddio · mordiddo · mordiod · moriddo · morrdido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moído" and "mordido" 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 "mordido" - which ranks higher?
"mordido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,414 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "moído" and "mordido".

  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mordido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moído" and "mordido" 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 #6,095 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