Which to use
“malho” and “manhã” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,473
- “malho” frequency rank
- #428
- “manhã” frequency rank
- 44901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malho | manhã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ferramenta com cabo de madeira e na extremidade uma peça de metal com uma superfície lisa, usada para bater pregos; martelo | período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia |
Letter map: malho vs manhã
Shared letters muted; letters that set malho and manhã apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. malho and manhã follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: malho and manhã
malho and manhã are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malho is recorded at frequency rank #44,473, classified as anoun. manhã is at rank #428, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/.
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 44901, this pair ranks #20,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malho vs manhã
Shared letters: ahm. Private to "malho": lo. Private to "manhã": nã.
"malho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "manhã" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- malho ← amlho · mahlo · malhho · mallho · maloh · mlaho · mmalho
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malho" for "manhã" ever safe?
Frequency check: "malho" vs "manhã" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "malho" and "manhã". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "malho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manhã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malho" and "manhã" 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 #20,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.