Which to use
“mortal” is an adjective and “mortos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,555
- “mortal” frequency rank
- #899
- “mortos” frequency rank
- 6454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mortal | mortos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está sujeito à morte | futuro do verbo morti. |
Letter map: mortal vs mortos
Shared letters muted; letters that set mortal and mortos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mortal and mortos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - mortal and mortos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mortal is anadjective and mortosaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mortal is recorded at frequency rank #5,555, classified as anadj. mortos is at rank #899, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmoɾ.tos/.
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 6454, this pair ranks #67,980 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mortal vs mortos
Shared letters: mort. Private to "mortal": al. Private to "mortos": s.
"mortal" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mortos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mortal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mortos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,980 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mortal" and "mortos" 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 #67,980 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.