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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "molhado" for "montado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "molhado" vs "montado" - which ranks higher?
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.