mar

/ˈmaɾ/

//ˈmaɾ// noun

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The verdict

“mar” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #828) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#828
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes

Corpus desk

Index PT-mar · mar · Portuguese

mar · rank #828 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #828
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH jornal

Nearest frequency peer: jornal (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “mar”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “mar” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mar vs me
33% similar
mar vs my
33% similar
mar vs mi
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mar
PropertyValue
Headwordmar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmaɾ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “mar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).marcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “jornal” (#827), “Pedro” (#830), “espera” (#825). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mar” fica em #828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mar is neighbouring look-alikes ("me", "my", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈmaɾ/. Frequency #828 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Gloss: "grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "me", "my", "mi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mar, spelled M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal São lágrimas de Portugal! Por te cruzarmos, quantas mães choraram, Quantos filhos em vão rezaram! Quantas noivas ficaram por casar Para que fosses nosso, ó mar!

This word in other languages

sea(English)mar(Español)mer(Français)Meer(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mar"?
"mar" is spelled M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmaɾ/.
What does "mar" mean?
As a noun, "mar" means: grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes
What words are commonly confused with "mar"?
"mar" is commonly confused with "me", "my", "mi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mar" is /ˈmaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mar" come from?
"mar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list