manhasvsMarcasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,982
“manhas” frequency rank
#2,690
“Marcas” frequency rank
46672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manhas Marcas
Definition manhas, costume, hábito, modo região da Itália central cuja capital é Ancona

Letter map: manhas vs Marcas

Shared letters muted; letters that set manhas and Marcas apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. manhas and Marcas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
manhas
6 ch
Marcas

Pair insight - manhas / Marcas

manhas and Marcas 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manhas is recorded at frequency rank #43,982, classified as anoun. Marcas is at rank #2,690, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaʁ.kɐʃ/ [ˈmaχ.kɐʃ].

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 46672, this pair ranks #18,640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manhas vs Marcas

Shared letters: ams. Private to "manhas": hn. Private to "Marcas": cr.

"manhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Marcas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manhas ← amnhas · mahnas · manahs · manhass · manhhas · manhsa · mannhas · mmanhas
  • Marcas ← amrcas · macras · maracs · marcass · marccas · marcsa · marrcas · mmarcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manhas" and "Marcas" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "manhas" vs "Marcas" - which ranks higher?
"Marcas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,690 in our Portuguese list, against #43,982 for "manhas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "manhas" and "Marcas". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manhas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Marcas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manhas" and "Marcas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manhas vs manhoso". 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 #18,640 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