Which to use
“morto” is an adjective and “murro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,096
- “morto” frequency rank
- #17,335
- “murro” frequency rank
- 18431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | morto | murro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que deixou de viver | pancada desferida com a mão fechada |
Letter map: morto vs murro
Shared letters muted; letters that set morto and murro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for morto / murro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morto is anadjective and murroanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
morto is recorded at frequency rank #1,096, classified as anadj. murro is at rank #17,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmu.Ru/.
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 18431, this pair ranks #52,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of morto vs murro
Shared letters: mor. Private to "morto": t. Private to "murro": u.
"morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "murro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "morto" for "murro" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "morto" or "murro" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "morto" and "murro".
- Full dictionary entry for "morto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "morto" and "murro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirra vs murro". 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 #52,556 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.