Which to use
“mamão” is an adjective and “mamilo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,399
- “mamão” frequency rank
- #26,810
- “mamilo” frequency rank
- 50209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamão | mamilo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que mama muito | protuberância da mama por onde sai o leite nas fêmeas dos mamíferos |
Letter map: mamão vs mamilo
Shared letters muted; letters that set mamão and mamilo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mamão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against mamilo's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - mamão and mamilo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mamão is anadjective and mamiloanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamão is recorded at frequency rank #23,399, classified as anadj. mamilo is at rank #26,810, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈmi.lʊ/.
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 50209, this pair ranks #14,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamão vs mamilo
Shared letters: amo. Private to "mamão": ã. Private to "mamilo": il.
"mamão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mamilo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mamilo ← ammilo · maimlo · mamillo · mamiol · mamlio · mammilo · mmailo · mmamilo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mamão" and "mamilo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mamão" or "mamilo"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mamão" and "mamilo".
- Full dictionary entry for "mamão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mamilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamão" and "mamilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mamão". 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 #14,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.