Which to use
“macio” is an adjective and “mango” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,891
- “macio” frequency rank
- #34,799
- “mango” frequency rank
- 49690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | macio | mango |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é suave aos sentidos. aveludado | manga, fruto |
Letter map: macio vs mango
Shared letters muted; letters that set macio and mango apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. macio (CVCVV) and mango (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for macio / mango
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: macio is anadjective and mangoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
macio is recorded at frequency rank #14,891, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɐ.ˈsi.u/. mango is at rank #34,799, tagged as anoun.
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 49690, this pair ranks #15,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of macio vs mango
Shared letters: amo. Private to "macio": ci. Private to "mango": gn.
"macio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "macio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mango" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "macio" and "mango" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs mango". 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 #15,300 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.