moídovsmortoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank
#1,096
“morto” frequency rank
41347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moído morto
Definition que se moeu que deixou de viver

Letter map: moído vs morto

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

5 ch
moído
5 ch
morto

Spelling & dictionary notes on moído vs morto

moído and morto 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. morto is at rank #1,096, 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 41347, this pair ranks #24,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs morto

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moído": dí. Private to "morto": rt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morto ← mmorto · morot · morrto · mortto · motro · mroto · omrto

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "moído" and "morto" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "moído" vs "morto" - which ranks higher?
"morto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,096 in our Portuguese list, against #40,251 for "moído". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moído" and "morto" 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 #24,568 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