Which to use
“morrer” is a verb and “morte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #743
- “morrer” frequency rank
- #281
- “morte” frequency rank
- 1024
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | morrer | morte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perder a vida; falecer | ato de morrer ou efeito de matar; fato ou momento que leva algo do estado vivo para o estado morto |
Letter map: morrer vs morte
Shared letters muted; letters that set morrer and morte apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for morrer / morte
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morrer is averb and morteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
morrer is recorded at frequency rank #743, classified as averb. morte is at rank #281, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/.
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 1024, this pair ranks #74,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of morrer vs morte
Shared letters: emor. Private to "morrer": -. Private to "morte": t.
"morrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "morte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "morrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "morrer" and "morte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "morsa vs morte". 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 #74,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.