Which to use
“molhado” is an adjective and “molhados” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,048
- “molhado” frequency rank
- #24,399
- “molhados” frequency rank
- 34447
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | molhado | molhados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que recebeu líquido; úmido | gêneros alimentícios líquidos |
Letter map: molhado vs molhados
Shared letters muted; letters that set molhado and molhados apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. molhado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against molhados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for molhado / molhados
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: molhado is anadjective and molhadosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “molhado” sits inside “molhados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
molhado is recorded at frequency rank #10,048, classified as anadj. molhados is at rank #24,399, tagged as anoun.
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 34447, this pair ranks #32,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of molhado vs molhados
Shared letters: adhlmo. Private to "molhado": -. Private to "molhados": s.
"molhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "molhados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "molhado" for "molhados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "molhado" vs "molhados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "molhado" and "molhados". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "molhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "molhados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "molhado" and "molhados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malhado vs molhados". 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 #32,811 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.