Which to use
“mamão” is an adjective and “matam” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,399
- “mamão” frequency rank
- #7,546
- “matam” frequency rank
- 30945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamão | matam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que mama muito | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo matar |
Letter map: mamão vs matam
Shared letters muted; letters that set mamão and matam apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mamão (CVCVV) and matam (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mamão / matam
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mamão is anadjective and matamaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamão is recorded at frequency rank #23,399, classified as anadj. matam is at rank #7,546, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈma.tɐ̃ʊm/.
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 30945, this pair ranks #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mamão vs matam
Shared letters: am. Private to "mamão": oã. Private to "matam": t.
"mamão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "matam" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- matam ← amtam · maatm · matamm · matma · mattam · mmatam · mtaam
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mamão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "matam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamão" and "matam" 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 #37,286 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.