monthvsmortoConfusable pair

Quick tell: month is a noun, morto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#27,183
“month” frequency rank
#1,096
“morto” frequency rank
28279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature month morto
Definition mês que deixou de viver

Letter map: month vs morto

Shared letters muted; letters that set month and morto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. month (CVCCC) and morto (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
month
5 ch
morto

Grammar separator: month vs morto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: month is anoun and mortoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

month is recorded at frequency rank #27,183, classified as anoun, pronounced /mʌnθ/. morto is at rank #1,096, 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 28279, this pair ranks #40,546 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of month vs morto

Shared letters: mot. Private to "month": hn. Private to "morto": r.

"month" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • month ← mmonth · mnoth · monht · monnth · monthh · montth · motnh · omnth
  • morto ← mmorto · morot · morrto · mortto · motro · mroto · omrto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "month" and "morto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "month" is a noun and "morto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "month" or "morto" show up more?
"morto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,096 in our Portuguese list, against #27,183 for "month". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "month" and "morto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "month" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,546 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "month" and "morto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monja vs month". 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 #40,546 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