mahvsmeshTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,420
“mah” frequency rank
#43,032
“mesh” frequency rank
72452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mah mesh
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Letter map: mah vs mesh

Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and mesh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against mesh's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mah
4 ch
mesh

Grammar separator: mah vs mesh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and meshanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. mesh is at rank #43,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛʃ/.

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 72452, this pair ranks #3,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mah vs mesh

Shared letters: hm. Private to "mah": a. Private to "mesh": es.

"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mesh" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mesh ← emsh · mehs · meshh · messh · mmesh · mseh

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mah" and "mesh" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mah" is an intj and "mesh" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mah" vs "mesh" - which ranks higher?
"mah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,420 in our Portuguese list, against #43,032 for "mesh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mah" vs "mesh" 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 "mesh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,046 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mah" and "mesh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesh vs muso". 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 #3,046 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