magnovsmantoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,936
“magno” frequency rank
#8,079
“manto” frequency rank
21015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magno manto
Definition grande, importante capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes

Letter map: magno vs manto

Shared letters muted; letters that set magno and manto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
magno
5 ch
manto

Part-of-speech tell for magno / manto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magno is anadjective and mantoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21015, 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/. manto is at rank #8,079, 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 21015, this pair ranks #49,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magno vs manto

Shared letters: amno. Private to "magno": g. Private to "manto": t.

"magno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "manto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magnoamgno · maggno · magnno · magon · mgano · mmagno
  • mantoamnto · mannto · manot · mantto · matno · mmanto · mnato

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "magno" and "manto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magno" is an adjective and "manto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "magno" or "manto"?
"manto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,079 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "magno" and "manto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "magno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magno" and "manto" 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 #49,352 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