Which to use
“madre” is a noun and “magro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,219
- “madre” frequency rank
- #10,924
- “magro” frequency rank
- 20143
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | madre | magro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mãe | não gordo, não cheio de carnes |
Letter map: madre vs magro
Shared letters muted; letters that set madre and magro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. madre and magro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - madre and magro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: madre is anoun and magroanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20143, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
madre is recorded at frequency rank #9,219, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈma.dɾɨ/. 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 20143, this pair ranks #50,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of madre vs magro
Shared letters: amr. Private to "madre": de. Private to "magro": go.
"madre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "madre" for "magro" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "madre" or "magro" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "madre" vs "magro" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "madre" 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 #50,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "madre" and "magro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magro vs malho". 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 #50,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.