Which to use
“mansão” and “monção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,672
- “mansão” frequency rank
- #38,382
- “monção” frequency rank
- 45054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mansão | monção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | morada | ventos sazonais que ocorrem em grandes áreas das regiões costeiras tropicais e subtropicais, em geral associados à alternância entre a estação das chuvas e a estação seca |
Where the eye mixes mansão and monção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mansão and monção follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mansão vs monção
A purely visual mix-up. mansão (/mɐ̃.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and monção (/mõ.ˈsãw/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45054, 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/. monção is at rank #38,382, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mõ.ˈsãw/.
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 45054, this pair ranks #20,378 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mansão vs monção
Shared letters: mnoã. Private to "mansão": as. Private to "monção": ç.
"mansão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "monção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mansão" and "monção" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mansão" vs "monção" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "monção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,378 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mansão" and "monção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monção vs monja". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,378 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.