Which to use
“mar” and “mask” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #828
- “mar” frequency rank
- #36,537
- “mask” frequency rank
- 37365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mar | mask |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grande quantidade de água salgada que cobre parte do planeta Terra, podendo estar localizada junto ou dentro de continentes | máscara |
Where the eye mixes mar and mask
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mar runs 3 letters (CVC) against mask's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mar vs mask
A purely visual mix-up. mar (/ˈmaɾ/) and mask (/mæsk/) 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 37365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mar is recorded at frequency rank #828, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ/. mask is at rank #36,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mæsk/.
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 37365, this pair ranks #29,260 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mar vs mask
Shared letters: am. Private to "mar": r. Private to "mask": ks.
"mar" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mask" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mask ← amsk · maks · maskk · massk · mmask · msak
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mar" and "mask" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mar" or "mask"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mar" and "mask" 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 "mask" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,260 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mar" and "mask" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mask". 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 #29,260 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.