monçãovsmontarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: monção is a noun, montar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“monção” is a noun and “montar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,382
“monção” frequency rank
#5,028
“montar” frequency rank
43410
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature monção montar
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Letter map: monção vs montar

Shared letters muted; letters that set monção and montar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. monção (CVCCVV) and montar (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
monção
6 ch
montar

Grammar separator: monção vs montar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monção is anoun and montaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monção is recorded at frequency rank #38,382, classified as anoun, pronounced /mõ.ˈsãw/. montar is at rank #5,028, tagged as averb.

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 43410, this pair ranks #22,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of monção vs montar

Shared letters: mno. Private to "monção": ãç. Private to "montar": art.

"monção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "montar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • montar ← mmontar · mnotar · monatr · monntar · montarr · montra · monttar · motnar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "monção" and "montar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "monção" is a noun and "montar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "monção" vs "montar" - which ranks higher?
"montar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,028 in our Portuguese list, against #38,382 for "monção". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "monção" vs "montar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "monção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "montar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "monção" and "montar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monção vs monja". 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 #22,233 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