Which to use
“maciço” is an adjective and “marido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,489
- “maciço” frequency rank
- #1,197
- “marido” frequency rank
- 20686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maciço | marido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | compacto; sem vazios internos | o cônjuge masculino |
Letter map: maciço vs marido
Shared letters muted; letters that set maciço and marido apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - maciço and marido
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maciço is anadjective and maridoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maciço is recorded at frequency rank #19,489, classified as anadj. marido is at rank #1,197, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.du/.
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 20686, this pair ranks #49,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maciço vs marido
Shared letters: aimo. Private to "maciço": cç. Private to "marido": dr.
"maciço" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "marido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marido ← amrido · mairdo · mardio · mariddo · mariod · marrido · mmarido · mraido
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maciço" and "marido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maciço" or "marido"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "maciço" and "marido". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "maciço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maciço" and "marido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machão vs maciço". 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 #49,756 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.