Which to use
“man” is a pronoun and “mas” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,736
- “man” frequency rank
- #25
- “mas” frequency rank
- 2761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | man | mas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | se (atua como partícula de indeterminação do sujeito): | conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias |
Letter map: man vs mas
Shared letters muted; letters that set man and mas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: man vs mas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: man is apronoun and masaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “man” becomes s in “mas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
man is recorded at frequency rank #2,736, classified as apron. mas is at rank #25, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ˈmɐʃ/.
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 2761, this pair ranks #72,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of man vs mas
Shared letters: am. Private to "man": n. Private to "mas": s.
"man" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "man" for "mas" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "man" or "mas" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "man" and "mas".
- Full dictionary entry for "man" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "man" and "mas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs man". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.