# many vs mas

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### many
*adjective · IPA /ˈmɛ.ni/ · frequency rank #20,050*
muito, muitos, muita, muitas

### mas
*conjunction · IPA /ˈmɐʃ/ · frequency rank #25*
conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/many-vs-mas