Which to use
“maço” is a noun and “magro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,742
- “maço” frequency rank
- #10,924
- “magro” frequency rank
- 36666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maço | magro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | instrumento de madeira encabado para uso de carpinteiros, escultores, etc. | não gordo, não cheio de carnes |
Letter map: maço vs magro
Shared letters muted; letters that set maço and magro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. maço runs 4 letters (CVCV) against magro's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for maço / magro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maço is anoun and magroanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maço is recorded at frequency rank #25,742, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈma.su/. magro is at rank #10,924, 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 36666, this pair ranks #30,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maço vs magro
Shared letters: amo. Private to "maço": ç. Private to "magro": gr.
"maço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- magro ← amgro · maggro · magor · magrro · margo · mgaro · mmagro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maço" for "magro" ever safe?
Frequency check: "maço" vs "magro" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "maço" vs "magro" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "maço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "magro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maço" and "magro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs maço". 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 #30,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.