Which to use
“mah” is an intj and “manhã” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,420
- “mah” frequency rank
- #428
- “manhã” frequency rank
- 29848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mah | manhã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção | período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia |
Letter map: mah vs manhã
Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and manhã apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against manhã's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mah / manhã
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and manhãanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. manhã is at rank #428, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/.
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 29848, this pair ranks #38,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mah vs manhã
Shared letters: ahm. Private to "mah": -. Private to "manhã": nã.
"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "manhã" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mah" for "manhã" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mah" vs "manhã" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "mah" and "manhã". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manhã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mah" and "manhã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mah". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #38,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.