Which to use
“mah” is an intj and “marsh” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,420
- “mah” frequency rank
- #25,040
- “marsh” frequency rank
- 54460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mah | marsh |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção | brejo |
Letter map: mah vs marsh
Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and marsh apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against marsh's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mah / marsh
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and marshanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. marsh is at rank #25,040, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɑɹʃ/.
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 54460, this pair ranks #11,241 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mah vs marsh
Shared letters: ahm. Private to "mah": -. Private to "marsh": rs.
"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "marsh" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marsh ← amrsh · marhs · marrsh · marshh · marssh · masrh · mmarsh · mrash
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mah" for "marsh" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mah" or "marsh" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "mah" and "marsh". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marsh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,241 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mah" and "marsh" 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 #11,241 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.