mortal vs mortas, What's the Difference?

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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set mortal and mortas apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

mortal

6 ch

mortas

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

mortal ← mmortal · moratl · morrtal · mortall · mortla · morttal · motral · mrotal
mortas ← mmortas · morats · morrtas · mortass · mortsa · morttas · motras · mrotas

Frequency comparison

mortal#5,555

mortas#5,659

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mortal" and "mortas" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mortal" is an adjective and "mortas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "mortal" or "mortas"?

"mortal" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,555 in our Portuguese list, against #5,659 for "mortas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering mortal vs mortas

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “mortal”; for a verb, it's “mortas”.
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