mahvsmakeTell them apart

Quick tell: mah is a intj, make is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mah” is an intj and “make” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,420
“mah” frequency rank
#5,223
“make” frequency rank
34643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mah make
Definition usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção fazer

Letter map: mah vs make

Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and make apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
mah
4 ch
make

Grammar separator: mah vs make

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and makeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. make is at rank #5,223, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmeɪk/.

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 34643, this pair ranks #32,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mah vs make

Shared letters: am. Private to "mah": h. Private to "make": ek.

"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "make" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • makeamke · maek · makke · mkae · mmake

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mah" for "make" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mah" is an intj and "make" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mah" vs "make" - which ranks higher?
"make" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,223 in our Portuguese list, against #29,420 for "mah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mah" vs "make" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "make" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mah" and "make" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mah". 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 #32,565 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