mandovsmanéConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,551
“mando” frequency rank
#16,814
“mané” frequency rank
22365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mando mané
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo mandar pessoa boba, tolo

Letter map: mando vs mané

Shared letters muted; letters that set mando and mané apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
mando
4 ch
mané

Role in the sentence - mando and mané

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mando is averb and manéanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mando is recorded at frequency rank #5,551, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈmɐ̃.du/. mané is at rank #16,814, 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 22365, this pair ranks #47,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mando vs mané

Shared letters: amn. Private to "mando": do. Private to "mané": é.

"mando" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mané" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mandoamndo · madno · manddo · manndo · manod · mmando · mnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mando" and "mané" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mando" is a verb and "mané" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mando" or "mané"?
"mando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,551 in our Portuguese list, against #16,814 for "mané". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mando" and "mané".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mané" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mando" and "mané" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mané". 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 #47,694 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