mahvsMicahWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#29,420
“mah” frequency rank
#37,914
“Micah” frequency rank
67334
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mah Micah
Definition usada para chamar ou deter alguém, ou para chamar sua atenção Miqueias

Letter map: mah vs Micah

Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and Micah apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against Micah's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mah
5 ch
Micah

Grammar separator: mah vs Micah

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is anintj and Micahanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67334, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mah is recorded at frequency rank #29,420, classified as anintj. Micah is at rank #37,914, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmʌɪkə/..

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 67334, this pair ranks #4,663 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mah vs Micah

Shared letters: ahm. Private to "mah": -. Private to "Micah": ci.

"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Micah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Micah ← imcah · mciah · miach · micahh · miccah · micha · mmicah

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mah" and "Micah" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mah" is an intj and "Micah" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mah" or "Micah" show up more?
"mah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,420 in our Portuguese list, against #37,914 for "Micah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mah" and "Micah". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Micah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,663 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mah" and "Micah" 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 #4,663 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