Which to use
“mané” and “mano” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,814
- “mané” frequency rank
- #3,493
- “mano” frequency rank
- 20307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mané | mano |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pessoa boba, tolo | irmão (todas as acepções, exceto Religião) |
Letter map: mané vs mano
Shared letters muted; letters that set mané and mano apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mané and mano follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on mané vs mano
mané and mano are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - é in “mané” becomes o in “mano”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mané is recorded at frequency rank #16,814, classified as anoun. mano is at rank #3,493, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmã.nu/.
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 20307, this pair ranks #50,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mané vs mano
Shared letters: amn. Private to "mané": é. Private to "mano": o.
"mané" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mano" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mano ← amno · manno · maon · mmano · mnao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mané" and "mano" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mané" or "mano" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "mané" vs "mano" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mané" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mané" and "mano" 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 #50,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.