Which to use
“mah” is an intj and “many” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,420
- “mah” frequency rank
- #20,050
- “many” frequency rank
- 49470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mah | many |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção | muito, muitos, muita, muitas |
Letter map: mah vs many
Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and many apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against many's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - mah and many
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and manyanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. many is at rank #20,050, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɛ.ni/.
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 49470, this pair ranks #15,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mah vs many
Shared letters: am. Private to "mah": h. Private to "many": ny.
"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "many" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- many ← amny · manny · manyy · mayn · mmany · mnay
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mah" and "many" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mah" or "many" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "mah" and "many". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "many" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mah" and "many" 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 #15,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.