molhadovsmolhadosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: molhado is a adjective, molhados is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
molhado
8 ch
molhados

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

  • molhado ← mlohado · mmolhado · mohlado · molahdo · molhaddo · molhaod · molhdao · molhhado
  • molhados ← mlohados · mmolhados · mohlados · molahdos · molhaddos · molhadoss · molhadso · molhaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "molhado" for "molhados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "molhado" is an adjective and "molhados" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "molhado" vs "molhados" - which ranks higher?
"molhado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,048 in our Portuguese list, against #24,399 for "molhados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list