Which to use
“mamilo” and “marido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,810
- “mamilo” frequency rank
- #1,197
- “marido” frequency rank
- 28007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamilo | marido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | protuberância da mama por onde sai o leite nas fêmeas dos mamíferos | o cônjuge masculino |
Where the eye mixes mamilo and marido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mamilo and marido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between mamilo and marido
A purely visual mix-up. mamilo (/mɐ.ˈmi.lʊ/) and marido (/mɐ.ˈɾi.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamilo is recorded at frequency rank #26,810, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈmi.lʊ/. marido is at rank #1,197, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.du/.
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 28007, this pair ranks #40,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mamilo vs marido
Shared letters: aimo. Private to "mamilo": l. Private to "marido": dr.
"mamilo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "marido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mamilo" and "marido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mamilo" or "marido" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mamilo" and "marido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mamilo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamilo" and "marido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malo vs mamilo". 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 #40,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.