monovsmoraWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

“mono” is an adjective and “mora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,739
“mono” frequency rank
#2,057
“mora” frequency rank
25796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mono mora
Definition relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho. demora, dilação, delonga

Letter map: mono vs mora

Shared letters muted; letters that set mono and mora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mono
4 ch
mora

Part-of-speech tell for mono / mora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mono is anadjective and moraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mono is recorded at frequency rank #23,739, classified as anadj. mora is at rank #2,057, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/.

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 25796, this pair ranks #43,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mono vs mora

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mono": n. Private to "mora": ar.

"mono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monommono · mnoo · monno · omno
  • morammora · moar · morra · mroa · omra

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mono" and "mora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mono" is an adjective and "mora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mono" or "mora"?
"mora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,057 in our Portuguese list, against #23,739 for "mono". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mono" and "mora".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mono" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mono" and "mora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mono vs muso". 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 #43,449 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