morrervsmoverTell them apart

Which to use

“morrer” and “mover” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#743
“morrer” frequency rank
#6,448
“mover” frequency rank
7191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature morrer mover
Definition perder a vida; falecer por movimento a

Letter map: morrer vs mover

Shared letters muted; letters that set morrer and mover apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
morrer
5 ch
mover

Corpus notes: morrer and mover

morrer and mover are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

morrer is recorded at frequency rank #743, classified as averb. mover is at rank #6,448, tagged as averb, pronounced /mu.ˈveɾ/.

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 7191, this pair ranks #67,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of morrer vs mover

Shared letters: emor. Private to "morrer": -. Private to "mover": v.

"morrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "mover" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morrermmorrer · morer · morerr · morrerr · morrre · mrorer · omrrer
  • movermmover · moevr · moverr · movre · movver · mvoer · omver

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "morrer" for "mover" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "morrer" vs "mover" - which ranks higher?
"morrer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #743 in our Portuguese list, against #6,448 for "mover". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "morrer" vs "mover" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "morrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mover" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "morrer" and "mover" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moer vs mover". 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 #67,005 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