maçã vs mah, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“maçã” is a noun and “mah” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,309
“maçã” frequency rank: #29,420
“mah” frequency rank: 36729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	maçã	mah
Definition	o fruto comestível da macieira	usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção

Letter map: maçã vs mah

Shared letters muted; letters that set maçã and mah apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

maçã

3 ch

mah

Grammar separator: maçã vs mah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maçã is anoun and mahanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maçã is recorded at frequency rank #7,309, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈsɐ̃/. mah is at rank #29,420, 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 36729, this pair ranks #30,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of maçã vs mah

Shared letters: am. Private to "maçã": ãç. Private to "mah": h.

"maçã" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "maçã" and "mah" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maçã" is a noun and "mah" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "maçã" or "mah"?

"maçã" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,309 in our Portuguese list, against #29,420 for "mah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "maçã" and "mah". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "maçã" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #30,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"maçã" and "mah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mah". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #30,026 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.