Which to use
“marco” and “marido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,754
- “marco” frequency rank
- #1,197
- “marido” frequency rank
- 2951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marco | marido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sinal de demarcação que se põe nos limites territoriais | o cônjuge masculino |
Where the eye mixes marco and marido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marco vs marido
A purely visual mix-up. marco (/ˈmaɾ.ku/) and marido (/mɐ.ˈɾi.du/) 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 2951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marco is recorded at frequency rank #1,754, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ.ku/. marido is at rank #1,197, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.du/.
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 2951, this pair ranks #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marco vs marido
Shared letters: amor. Private to "marco": c. Private to "marido": di.
"marco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marco" and "marido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "marco" or "marido" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marco" and "marido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marco" and "marido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marido vs Martino". 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 #72,272 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.