Which to use
“malte” and “maré” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,244
- “malte” frequency rank
- #7,659
- “maré” frequency rank
- 37903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malte | maré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto que resulta da germinação artificial e posterior dessecação de cereais | movimento periódico de subida e descida das águas do mar |
Where the eye mixes malte and maré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses malte with maré
A purely visual mix-up. malte (/ˈmaɫ.tɨ/) and maré (/mɐ.ˈɾɛ/) 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 37903, 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/. maré is at rank #7,659, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾɛ/.
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 37903, this pair ranks #28,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of malte vs maré
Shared letters: am. Private to "malte": elt. Private to "maré": ré.
"malte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "maré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- malte ← amlte · malet · mallte · maltte · matle · mlate · mmalte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malte" for "maré" ever safe?
Which is more common, "malte" or "maré"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "malte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malte" and "maré" 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 #28,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.