Which to use
“magro” is an adjective and “malho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,924
- “magro” frequency rank
- #44,473
- “malho” frequency rank
- 55397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magro | malho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não gordo, não cheio de carnes | ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater pregos; martelo |
Letter map: magro vs malho
Shared letters muted; letters that set magro and malho apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magro and malho 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 - magro and malho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magro is anadjective and malhoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magro is recorded at frequency rank #10,924, classified as anadj. malho is at rank #44,473, 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 55397, this pair ranks #10,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magro vs malho
Shared letters: amo. Private to "magro": gr. Private to "malho": hl.
"magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "malho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magro" and "malho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "magro" or "malho" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "magro" and "malho". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "magro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magro" and "malho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs malva". 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 #10,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.