magrovsMaoriWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,924
“magro” frequency rank
#37,001
“Maori” frequency rank
47925
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magro Maori
Definition não gordo, não cheio de carnes um dos povos indígenas da Nova Zelândia

Letter map: magro vs Maori

Shared letters muted; letters that set magro and Maori apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magro (CVCCV) and Maori (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
magro
5 ch
Maori

Grammar separator: magro vs Maori

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magro is anadjective and Maorianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magro is recorded at frequency rank #10,924, classified as anadj. Maori is at rank #37,001, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maˈoːri/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 47925, this pair ranks #17,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of magro vs Maori

Shared letters: amor. Private to "magro": g. Private to "Maori": i.

"magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Maori" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magro ← amgro · maggro · magor · magrro · margo · mgaro · mmagro
  • Maori ← amori · maorri · maroi · mmaori · moari

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magro" and "Maori" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magro" is an adjective and "Maori" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "magro" or "Maori" show up more?
"magro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,924 in our Portuguese list, against #37,001 for "Maori". 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 "magro" and "Maori".

  • Full dictionary entry for "magro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Maori" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magro" and "Maori" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maori vs moi". 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 #17,290 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