mantovsmenteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,079
“manto” frequency rank
#990
“mente” frequency rank
9069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manto mente
Definition capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes conjunto das ideias e convicções de uma pessoa; o resultado do trabalho cerebral de uma pessoal, intangível mas perceptível em sua forma de raciocinar

Letter map: manto vs mente

Shared letters muted; letters that set manto and mente apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
manto
5 ch
mente

Corpus notes: manto and mente

manto and mente 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 9069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manto is recorded at frequency rank #8,079, classified as anoun. mente is at rank #990, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/.

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 9069, this pair ranks #64,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of manto vs mente

Shared letters: mnt. Private to "manto": ao. Private to "mente": e.

"manto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mantoamnto · mannto · manot · mantto · matno · mmanto · mnato
  • menteemnte · menet · mennte · mentte · metne · mmente · mnete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manto" and "mente" 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.
Which is more common, "manto" or "mente"?
"mente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #990 in our Portuguese list, against #8,079 for "manto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "manto" and "mente". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,488 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manto" and "mente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs manto". 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 #64,488 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