# mora vs mourão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### mora
*noun · IPA /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/ · frequency rank #2,057*
demora, dilação, delonga

### mourão
*adjective · IPA /mou.'ɾaŋ/ · frequency rank #15,627*
muito morena ou moreno, muito mouro

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mora-vs-mourao