Which to use
“malte” and “mamute” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,244
- “malte” frequency rank
- #27,564
- “mamute” frequency rank
- 57808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malte | mamute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto que resulta da germinação artificial e posterior dessecação de cereais | grande mamífero extinto, adaptado ao frio e aparentado do elefante |
Where the eye mixes malte and mamute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. malte runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against mamute's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between malte and mamute
A purely visual mix-up. malte (/ˈmaɫ.tɨ/) and mamute (/mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malte is recorded at frequency rank #30,244, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɫ.tɨ/. mamute is at rank #27,564, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈmu.tɨ/.
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 57808, this pair ranks #9,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malte vs mamute
Shared letters: aemt. Private to "malte": l. Private to "mamute": u.
"malte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mamute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "malte" and "mamute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "malte" or "mamute"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "malte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mamute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malte" and "mamute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malte 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 #9,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.