molhadovsmontadoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,048
“molhado” frequency rank
#7,663
“montado” frequency rank
17711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature molhado montado
Definition que recebeu líquido; úmido colocado em cima do cavalo

Letter map: molhado vs montado

Shared letters muted; letters that set molhado and montado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. molhado and montado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
molhado
7 ch
montado

Corpus notes: molhado and montado

molhado and montado 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 17711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

molhado is recorded at frequency rank #10,048, classified as anadj. montado is at rank #7,663, 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 17711, this pair ranks #53,470 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of molhado vs montado

Shared letters: admo. Private to "molhado": hl. Private to "montado": nt.

"molhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "montado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • molhado ← mlohado · mmolhado · mohlado · molahdo · molhaddo · molhaod · molhdao · molhhado
  • montado ← mmontado · mnotado · monatdo · monntado · montaddo · montaod · montdao · monttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "molhado" for "montado" ever safe?
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: "molhado" vs "montado" - which ranks higher?
"montado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,663 in our Portuguese list, against #10,048 for "molhado". 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 "molhado" and "montado".

  • Full dictionary entry for "molhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,470 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "molhado" and "montado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs molhado". 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 #53,470 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