Which to use
“man” is a pronoun and “mask” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,736
- “man” frequency rank
- #36,537
- “mask” frequency rank
- 39273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | man | mask |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | se (atua como partícula de indeterminação do sujeito): | máscara |
Letter map: man vs mask
Shared letters muted; letters that set man and mask apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for man / mask
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: man is apronoun and maskanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
man is recorded at frequency rank #2,736, classified as apron. mask is at rank #36,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mæsk/.
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 39273, this pair ranks #27,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of man vs mask
Shared letters: am. Private to "man": n. Private to "mask": ks.
"man" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mask" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mask ← amsk · maks · maskk · massk · mmask · msak
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "man" for "mask" ever safe?
Frequency check: "man" vs "mask" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "man" vs "mask" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "man" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mask" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "man" and "mask" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mask". 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 #27,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.