# machão vs malhar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### machão
*noun · IPA /mɐ.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #37,901*
mulher de aspecto e de modos varonis

### malhar
*verb · IPA /mɐ.ˈʎaɾ/ · frequency rank #26,455*
bater com malho ou instrumento análogo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/machao-vs-malhar