Which to use
“maçon” is an adjective and “Mahon” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,438
- “maçon” frequency rank
- #38,409
- “Mahon” frequency rank
- 53847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maçon | Mahon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient au métier des maçons ou leur est comparable. | Jurement blasphématoire. |
Letter map: maçon vs Mahon
Shared letters muted; letters that set maçon and Mahon apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. maçon and Mahon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: maçon vs Mahon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maçon is anadjective and Mahonanintj. On the page they differ by a single letter - ç in “maçon” becomes h in “Mahon”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maçon is recorded at frequency rank #15,438, classified as anadj, pronounced \ma.sɔ̃\. Mahon is at rank #38,409, tagged as anintj.
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 53847, this pair ranks #137,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maçon vs Mahon
Shared letters: amno. Private to "maçon": ç. Private to "Mahon": h.
"maçon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mahon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mahon ← amhon · mahhon · mahno · mahonn · maohn · mhaon · mmahon
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "maçon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mahon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,997 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maçon" and "Mahon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mahon vs manor". 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 #137,997 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.