Which to use
“manga” and “mansão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,671
- “manga” frequency rank
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- 13343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manga | mansão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fruto tropical, doce e comestível da mangueira (Mangifera indica) | morada |
Where the eye mixes manga and mansão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. manga runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against mansão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses manga with mansão
A purely visual mix-up. manga (/ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/) and mansão (/mɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manga is recorded at frequency rank #6,671, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/. mansão is at rank #6,672, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 13343, this pair ranks #59,037 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manga vs mansão
Shared letters: amn. Private to "manga": g. Private to "mansão": osã.
"manga" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- manga ← amnga · magna · manag · mangga · mannga · mmanga · mnaga
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manga" for "mansão" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "manga" or "mansão" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "manga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mansão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,037 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manga" and "mansão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs manga". 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 #59,037 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.