Which to use
“mania” and “mansão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,393
- “mania” frequency rank
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- 17065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mania | mansão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | espécie de loucura com tendências para a excitação | morada |
Where the eye mixes mania and mansão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mania runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against mansão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mania and mansão
A purely visual mix-up. mania (/mɐ.ˈni.ɐ/) 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 17065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mania is recorded at frequency rank #10,393, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈni.ɐ/. 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 17065, this pair ranks #54,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mania vs mansão
Shared letters: amn. Private to "mania": i. Private to "mansão": osã.
"mania" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mania ← amnia · maina · manai · mannia · mmania · mnaia
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mania" and "mansão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mania" or "mansão" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mania" and "mansão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mania" 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 #54,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mania" and "mansão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mania". 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 #54,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.