Which to use
“magro” is an adjective and “marco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,924
- “magro” frequency rank
- #1,754
- “marco” frequency rank
- 12678
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magro | marco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não gordo, não cheio de carnes | sinal de demarcação que se põe nos limites territoriais |
Letter map: magro vs marco
Shared letters muted; letters that set magro and marco apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for magro / marco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magro is anadjective and marcoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magro is recorded at frequency rank #10,924, classified as anadj. marco is at rank #1,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ.ku/.
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 12678, this pair ranks #59,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of magro vs marco
Shared letters: amor. Private to "magro": g. Private to "marco": c.
"magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "magro" and "marco" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "magro" or "marco" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "magro" and "marco".
- Full dictionary entry for "magro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magro" and "marco" 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 #59,839 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.