mara
/ˈma.ɾɐ/
The verdict
“mara” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,718) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #9,718
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - roedor que habita as estepes da Patagônia, na Argentina (Dolichotis patagonum)
Corpus desk
Index PT-mara · mara · Portuguese
mara · rank #9,718 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,718
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH magoar
Nearest frequency peer: magoar (-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 “mara”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- liceu
liceu
90,291 corpus weight
- luna
luna
90,289 corpus weight
- magoar
magoar
90,284 corpus weight
- mara
mara
90,283 corpus weight
- martelo
martelo
90,282 corpus weight
- mentalidade
mentalidade
90,280 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “mara” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mara |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈma.ɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “mara”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mara is neighbouring look-alikes ("mas", "mau", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈma.ɾɐ/. Frequency #9,718 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Gloss: "roedor que habita as estepes da Patagônia, na Argentina (Dolichotis patagonum)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for mara, with forms such as "marra", "mmara", and "mraa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mas", "mau", "may", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mara, spelled M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1roedor que habita as estepes da Patagônia, na Argentina (Dolichotis patagonum)
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- marra
- mmara
- mraa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mara - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).