Which to use
“macacão” and “mutação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,720
- “macacão” frequency rank
- #13,796
- “mutação” frequency rank
- 37516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | macacão | mutação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | macaco grande | mudança na sequência dos nucleotídeos do material genético de um organismo |
Where the eye mixes macacão and mutação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. macacão and mutação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: macacão vs mutação
A purely visual mix-up. macacão (/mɐ.kɐ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/) and mutação (/mu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
macacão is recorded at frequency rank #23,720, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.kɐ.ˈkɐ̃w̃/. mutação is at rank #13,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 37516, this pair ranks #29,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of macacão vs mutação
Shared letters: amoã. Private to "macacão": c. Private to "mutação": tuç.
"macacão" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mutação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "macacão" and "mutação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "macacão" or "mutação"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "macacão" and "mutação" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "macacão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "macacão" and "mutação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "macacão vs machão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.