Which to use
“mané” is a noun and “manter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,814
- “mané” frequency rank
- #650
- “manter” frequency rank
- 17464
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mané | manter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pessoa boba, tolo | sustentar |
Letter map: mané vs manter
Shared letters muted; letters that set mané and manter apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mané runs 4 letters (CVCV) against manter's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - mané and manter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mané is anoun and manteraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17464, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mané is recorded at frequency rank #16,814, classified as anoun. manter is at rank #650, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɐ̃.ˈteɾ/.
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 17464, this pair ranks #53,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mané vs manter
Shared letters: amn. Private to "mané": é. Private to "manter": ert.
"mané" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "manter" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manter ← amnter · manetr · mannter · manterr · mantre · mantter · matner · mmanter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mané" and "manter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mané" or "manter" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "mané" vs "manter" 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 "manter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mané" and "manter" 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 #53,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.