Which to use
“mar” and “marzo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #828
- “mar” frequency rank
- #43,029
- “marzo” frequency rank
- 43857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mar | marzo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes | março |
Where the eye mixes mar and marzo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mar and marzo
A purely visual mix-up. mar (/ˈmaɾ/) and marzo (/'mar.so/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “mar” sits inside “marzo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mar is recorded at frequency rank #828, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ/. marzo is at rank #43,029, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'mar.so/.
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 43857, this pair ranks #21,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mar vs marzo
Shared letters: amr. Private to "mar": -. Private to "marzo": oz.
"mar" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "marzo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marzo ← amrzo · maroz · marrzo · marzzo · mazro · mmarzo · mrazo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mar" for "marzo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mar" vs "marzo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mar" and "marzo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marzo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mar" and "marzo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs marzo". 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 #21,728 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.