Which to use
“malte” and “mat” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,244
- “malte” frequency rank
- #21,805
- “mat” frequency rank
- 52049
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malte | mat |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produto que resulta da germinação artificial e posterior dessecação de cereais | casamento |
Where the eye mixes malte and mat
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: malte vs mat
A purely visual mix-up. malte (/ˈmaɫ.tɨ/) and mat (/mat/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52049, 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/. mat is at rank #21,805, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mat/.
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 52049, this pair ranks #13,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malte vs mat
Shared letters: amt. Private to "malte": el. Private to "mat": -.
"malte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mat" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- malte ← amlte · malet · mallte · maltte · matle · mlate · mmalte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "malte" and "mat" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "malte" vs "mat" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "mat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malte" and "mat" 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 #13,086 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.