Which to use
“mote” and “motim” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,928
- “mote” frequency rank
- #14,653
- “motim” frequency rank
- 33581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mote | motim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | partícula de pó | insurreição, organizada ou não, contra qualquer autoridade civil ou militar instituída, caracterizada por atos explícitos de desobediência, de não cumprimento de deveres, de desordem e geralmente acompanhada de levante de armas e de grande tumulto |
Letter map: mote vs motim
Shared letters muted; letters that set mote and motim apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mote runs 4 letters (CVCV) against motim's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: mote and motim
mote and motim are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mote is recorded at frequency rank #18,928, classified as anoun, pronounced /moʊt/. motim is at rank #14,653, tagged as anoun.
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 33581, this pair ranks #33,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mote vs motim
Shared letters: mot. Private to "mote": e. Private to "motim": i.
"mote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "motim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mote" for "motim" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "mote" and "motim". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mote" and "motim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mote 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 #33,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.