maltevsmantoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“malte” and “manto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,244
“malte” frequency rank
#8,079
“manto” frequency rank
38323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature malte manto
Definition produto que resulta da germinação artificial e posterior dessecação de cereais capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes

Letter map: malte vs manto

Shared letters muted; letters that set malte and manto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
malte
5 ch
manto

Pair insight - malte / manto

malte and manto 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 38323, 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/. manto is at rank #8,079, 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 38323, this pair ranks #28,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of malte vs manto

Shared letters: amt. Private to "malte": el. Private to "manto": no.

"malte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "manto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • malteamlte · malet · mallte · maltte · matle · mlate · mmalte
  • mantoamnto · mannto · manot · mantto · matno · mmanto · mnato

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "malte" and "manto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "malte" vs "manto" - which ranks higher?
"manto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,079 in our Portuguese list, against #30,244 for "malte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "malte" and "manto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "malte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "malte" and "manto" 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 #28,150 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