Which to use
“mortal” is an adjective and “mortas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,555
- “mortal” frequency rank
- #5,659
- “mortas” frequency rank
- 11214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mortal | mortas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está sujeito à morte | presente do verbo morti |
Letter map: mortal vs mortas
Shared letters muted; letters that set mortal and mortas apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mortal and mortas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for mortal / mortas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mortal is anadjective and mortasaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - l in “mortal” becomes s in “mortas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mortal is recorded at frequency rank #5,555, classified as anadj. mortas is at rank #5,659, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmoɾ.tas/.
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 11214, this pair ranks #61,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mortal vs mortas
Shared letters: amort. Private to "mortal": l. Private to "mortas": s.
"mortal" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mortas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mortal" and "mortas" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mortal" vs "mortas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "mortal" and "mortas". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mortal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mortas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mortal" and "mortas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mortal vs mortalha". 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 #61,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.