Which to use
“machão” and “mansão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,901
- “machão” frequency rank
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- 44573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machão | mansão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mulher de aspecto e de modos varonis | morada |
Where the eye mixes machão and mansão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. machão and mansão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: machão vs mansão
A purely visual mix-up. machão (/mɐ.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/) and mansão (/mɐ̃.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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machão is recorded at frequency rank #37,901, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈʃɐ̃w̃/. mansão is at rank #6,672, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ̃.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 44573, this pair ranks #20,883 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of machão vs mansão
Shared letters: amoã. Private to "machão": ch. Private to "mansão": ns.
"machão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "machão" and "mansão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "machão" vs "mansão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "machão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mansão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,883 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "machão" and "mansão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machão vs malho". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,883 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.