Which to use
“maço” is a noun and “memo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,742
- “maço” frequency rank
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- 61423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maço | memo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | instrumento de madeira encabado para uso de carpinteiros, escultores, etc. | mesmo |
Letter map: maço vs memo
Shared letters muted; letters that set maço and memo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. maço and memo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for maço / memo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maço is anoun and memoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61423, 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/. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.
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 61423, this pair ranks #7,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maço vs memo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "maço": aç. Private to "memo": e.
"maço" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maço" and "memo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "maço" or "memo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "maço" vs "memo" 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 "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maço" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs muso". 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 #7,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.