Which to use
“morte” is a noun and “morto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #281
- “morte” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “morto” frequency rank
- 1377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | morte | morto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de morrer ou efeito de matar; fato ou momento que leva algo do estado vivo para o estado morto | que deixou de viver |
Letter map: morte vs morto
Shared letters muted; letters that set morte and morto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for morte / morto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morte is anoun and mortoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “morte” becomes o in “morto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
morte is recorded at frequency rank #281, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔr.tʃi/ /ˈmɔr.ti/. morto is at rank #1,096, tagged as anadj.
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 1377, this pair ranks #74,207 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of morte vs morto
Shared letters: mort. Private to "morte": e. Private to "morto": -.
"morte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "morte" for "morto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "morte" or "morto"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "morte" and "morto".
- Full dictionary entry for "morte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,207 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "morte" and "morto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "morto vs muto". 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 #74,207 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.