Which to use
“mamã” is a noun and “memo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,037
- “mamã” frequency rank
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- 64718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamã | memo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mãe | mesmo |
Letter map: mamã vs memo
Shared letters muted; letters that set mamã and memo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mamã and memo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for mamã / memo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mamã is anoun and memoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamã is recorded at frequency rank #29,037, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɜˈmɜ̃/. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.
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 64718, this pair ranks #5,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamã vs memo
Shared letters: m. Private to "mamã": aã. Private to "memo": eo.
"mamã" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mamã" and "memo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mamã" or "memo" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mamã" and "memo".
- Full dictionary entry for "mamã" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamã" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs muso". 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 #5,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.