mangovsmansãoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“mango” and “mansão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,799
“mango” frequency rank
#6,672
“mansão” frequency rank
41471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mango mansão
Definition manga, fruto morada

Letter map: mango vs mansão

Shared letters muted; letters that set mango and mansão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mango 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.

5 ch
mango
6 ch
mansão

Spelling & dictionary notes on mango vs mansão

mango and mansão 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mango is recorded at frequency rank #34,799, classified as anoun. 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 41471, this pair ranks #24,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mango vs mansão

Shared letters: amno. Private to "mango": g. Private to "mansão": sã.

"mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mango ← amngo · manggo · manngo · manog · mmango · mnago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mango" and "mansão" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mango" vs "mansão" - which ranks higher?
"mansão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,672 in our Portuguese list, against #34,799 for "mango". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mango" vs "mansão" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mango" 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 #24,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mango" and "mansão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs mango". 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 #24,450 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