mah vs mês, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#29,420
“mah” frequency rank: #444
“mês” frequency rank: 29864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mah	mês
Definition	usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção	cada uma das doze partes em que se divide o ano

Letter map: mah vs mês

Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and mês apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

mah

3 ch

mês

Grammar separator: mah vs mês

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and mêsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. mês is at rank #444, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmeʃ/.

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 29864, this pair ranks #38,678 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mah vs mês

Shared letters: m. Private to "mah": ah. Private to "mês": sê.

"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mês" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mah" and "mês" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mah" is an intj and "mês" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "mah" vs "mês" - which ranks higher?

"mês" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #444 in our Portuguese list, against #29,420 for "mah". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mah" and "mês".

Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mês" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #38,678 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mah" and "mês" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mah". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #38,678 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.