Which to use
“morno” and “mourão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,833
- “morno” frequency rank
- #15,627
- “mourão” frequency rank
- 45460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | morno | mourão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pouco quente | muito morena ou moreno, muito mouro |
Where the eye mixes morno and mourão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. morno runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against mourão's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between morno and mourão
A purely visual mix-up. morno (/ˈmoɾ.nu/) and mourão (/mou.'ɾaŋ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
morno is recorded at frequency rank #29,833, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈmoɾ.nu/. mourão is at rank #15,627, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mou.'ɾaŋ/.
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 45460, this pair ranks #19,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of morno vs mourão
Shared letters: mor. Private to "morno": n. Private to "mourão": uã.
"morno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mourão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- morno ← mmorno · monro · mornno · moron · morrno · mrono · omrno
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "morno" for "mourão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "morno" vs "mourão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "morno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mourão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "morno" and "mourão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs morno". 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 #19,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.