Which to use
“malhar” is a verb and “malho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,455
- “malhar” frequency rank
- #44,473
- “malho” frequency rank
- 70928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malhar | malho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bater com malho ou instrumento análogo | ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater pregos; martelo |
Letter map: malhar vs malho
Shared letters muted; letters that set malhar and malho apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. malhar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against malho's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for malhar / malho
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malhar is averb and malhoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malhar is recorded at frequency rank #26,455, classified as averb, pronounced /mɐ.ˈʎaɾ/. malho is at rank #44,473, 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 70928, this pair ranks #3,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malhar vs malho
Shared letters: ahlm. Private to "malhar": r. Private to "malho": o.
"malhar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "malho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malhar" for "malho" ever safe?
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What to do next
You've compared "malhar" and "malho". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "malhar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "malho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malhar" and "malho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs malva". 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 #3,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.