magrovsmognoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,924
“magro” frequency rank
#43,542
“mogno” frequency rank
54466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magro mogno
Definition não gordo, não cheio de carnes árvore meliácea da América tropical, especialmente das Antilhas (Swietenia mahogani), de madeira dura, marrom-avermelhada, muito apreciada para marcenaria de luxo

Letter map: magro vs mogno

Shared letters muted; letters that set magro and mogno apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magro and mogno follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
magro
5 ch
mogno

Grammar separator: magro vs mogno

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magro is anadjective and mognoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magro is recorded at frequency rank #10,924, classified as anadj. mogno is at rank #43,542, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɔgnu/.

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 54466, this pair ranks #11,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of magro vs mogno

Shared letters: gmo. Private to "magro": ar. Private to "mogno": n.

"magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mogno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magroamgro · maggro · magor · magrro · margo · mgaro · mmagro
  • mognomgono · mmogno · moggno · mognno · mogon · mongo · omgno

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "magro" and "mogno" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magro" is an adjective and "mogno" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "magro" vs "mogno" - which ranks higher?
"magro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,924 in our Portuguese list, against #43,542 for "mogno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "magro" vs "mogno" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mogno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magro" and "mogno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". 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 #11,235 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