maltevsmasterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: malte is a noun, master is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“malte” is a noun and “master” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,244
“malte” frequency rank
#6,446
“master” frequency rank
36690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature malte master
Definition produto que resulta da germinação artificial e posterior dessecação de cereais principal

Letter map: malte vs master

Shared letters muted; letters that set malte and master apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
malte
6 ch
master

Grammar separator: malte vs master

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malte is anoun and masteranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36690, 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/. master is at rank #6,446, tagged as anadj.

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 36690, this pair ranks #30,058 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of malte vs master

Shared letters: aemt. Private to "malte": l. Private to "master": rs.

"malte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "master" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • malteamlte · malet · mallte · maltte · matle · mlate · mmalte
  • masteramster · masetr · masster · masterr · mastre · mastter · matser · mmaster

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "malte" for "master" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "malte" is a noun and "master" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "malte" or "master" show up more?
"master" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,446 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.

What to do next

You've compared "malte" and "master". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "malte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "master" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,058 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "malte" and "master" 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 #30,058 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