Which to use
“mamão” is an adjective and “mango” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,399
- “mamão” frequency rank
- #34,799
- “mango” frequency rank
- 58198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamão | mango |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que mama muito | manga, fruto |
Letter map: mamão vs mango
Shared letters muted; letters that set mamão and mango apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mamão (CVCVV) and mango (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mamão / mango
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mamão is anadjective and mangoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamão is recorded at frequency rank #23,399, classified as anadj. mango is at rank #34,799, tagged as anoun.
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 58198, this pair ranks #8,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamão vs mango
Shared letters: amo. Private to "mamão": ã. Private to "mango": gn.
"mamão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mango ← amngo · manggo · manngo · manog · mmango · mnago
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mamão" for "mango" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mamão" or "mango"?
What to do next
You've compared "mamão" and "mango". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mamão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mango" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamão" and "mango" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs mango". 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 #8,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.