Which to use
“machado” is a noun and “malvado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,891
- “machado” frequency rank
- #23,040
- “malvado” frequency rank
- 25931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machado | malvado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ferramenta cortante composta de um cabo (usualmente de madeira) e uma cabeça (usualmente de ferro) com gumes de um ou dois lados | que tem índole perversa ou que é praticado com desrespeito, violência ou crueldade |
Letter map: machado vs malvado
Shared letters muted; letters that set machado and malvado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. machado and malvado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for machado / malvado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machado is anoun and malvadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machado is recorded at frequency rank #2,891, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈʃa.du/. malvado is at rank #23,040, tagged as anadj.
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 25931, this pair ranks #43,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of machado vs malvado
Shared letters: admo. Private to "machado": ch. Private to "malvado": lv.
"machado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "malvado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "machado" and "malvado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "machado" vs "malvado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "machado" and "malvado".
- Full dictionary entry for "machado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malvado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "machado" and "malvado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malvado vs melado". 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 #43,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.