Which to use
“manhã” and “mansão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #428
- “manhã” frequency rank
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- 7100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manhã | mansão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | período do dia entre o nascer-do-sol e o meio-dia | morada |
Where the eye mixes manhã and mansão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. manhã 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.
Look-alike desk: manhã vs mansão
A purely visual mix-up. manhã (/mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/) 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 7100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manhã is recorded at frequency rank #428, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/. 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 7100, this pair ranks #67,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of manhã vs mansão
Shared letters: amnã. Private to "manhã": h. Private to "mansão": os.
"manhã" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "manhã" and "mansão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "manhã" vs "mansão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "manhã" 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 #67,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manhã" and "mansão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manhas vs mansão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #67,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.