Which to use
“malhado” is an adjective and “milhão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,532
- “malhado” frequency rank
- #1,895
- “milhão” frequency rank
- 38427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malhado | milhão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | animal que possui manchas ou malhas | grande quantidade incontável: |
Letter map: malhado vs milhão
Shared letters muted; letters that set malhado and milhão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. malhado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against milhão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: malhado vs milhão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malhado is anadjective and milhãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malhado is recorded at frequency rank #36,532, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɐ.ˈʎa.du/. milhão is at rank #1,895, tagged as anoun.
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 38427, this pair ranks #28,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malhado vs milhão
Shared letters: hlmo. Private to "malhado": ad. Private to "milhão": iã.
"malhado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "milhão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- malhado ← amlhado · mahlado · malahdo · malhaddo · malhaod · malhdao · malhhado · mallhado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malhado" for "milhão" ever safe?
Which is more common, "malhado" or "milhão"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "malhado" and "milhão".
- Full dictionary entry for "malhado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milhão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malhado" and "milhão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malhado vs melado". 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 #28,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.