magnovsmanTell them apart

Quick tell: magno is a adjective, man is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“magno” is an adjective and “man” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,936
“magno” frequency rank
#2,736
“man” frequency rank
15672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magno man
Definition grande, importante se (atua como partícula de indeterminação do sujeito):

Letter map: magno vs man

Shared letters muted; letters that set magno and man apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
magno
3 ch
man

Grammar separator: magno vs man

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magno is anadjective and manapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magno is recorded at frequency rank #12,936, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈma.ɡnu/. man is at rank #2,736, tagged as apron.

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 15672, this pair ranks #56,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magno vs man

Shared letters: amn. Private to "magno": go. Private to "man": -.

"magno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "man" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magnoamgno · maggno · magnno · magon · mgano · mmagno

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "magno" for "man" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magno" is an adjective and "man" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "magno" or "man"?
"man" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,736 in our Portuguese list, against #12,936 for "magno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "magno" vs "man" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "man" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magno" and "man" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magno 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 #56,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list