Which to use
“mansão” and “manta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- #18,109
- “manta” frequency rank
- 24781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mansão | manta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | morada | manto; cobertura; xale |
Where the eye mixes mansão and manta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mansão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against manta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mansão with manta
A purely visual mix-up. mansão (/mɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and manta (/ˈmɐ̃.tɐ/) 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 24781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mansão is recorded at frequency rank #6,672, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. manta is at rank #18,109, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɐ̃.tɐ/.
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 24781, this pair ranks #44,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mansão vs manta
Shared letters: amn. Private to "mansão": osã. Private to "manta": t.
"mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "manta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- manta ← amnta · manat · mannta · mantta · matna · mmanta · mnata
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mansão" for "manta" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mansão" or "manta" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mansão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mansão" and "manta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs manta". 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 #44,712 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.