mandarvsmanhasTell them apart

Quick tell: mandar is a verb, manhas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mandar” is a verb and “manhas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,753
“mandar” frequency rank
#43,982
“manhas” frequency rank
45735
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mandar manhas
Definition dar ordens a manhas, costume, hábito, modo

Letter map: mandar vs manhas

Shared letters muted; letters that set mandar and manhas apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
mandar
6 ch
manhas

Part-of-speech tell for mandar / manhas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mandar is averb and manhasanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mandar is recorded at frequency rank #1,753, classified as averb, pronounced /mɐ̃.ˈdaɾ/. manhas is at rank #43,982, 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 45735, this pair ranks #19,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mandar vs manhas

Shared letters: amn. Private to "mandar": dr. Private to "manhas": hs.

"mandar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "manhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mandaramndar · madnar · manadr · mandarr · manddar · mandra · manndar · mmandar
  • manhasamnhas · mahnas · manahs · manhass · manhhas · manhsa · mannhas · mmanhas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mandar" and "manhas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mandar" is a verb and "manhas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mandar" vs "manhas" - which ranks higher?
"mandar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,753 in our Portuguese list, against #43,982 for "manhas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "mandar" and "manhas". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mandar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manhas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mandar" and "manhas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manhas vs manhoso". 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 #19,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list