Which to use
“maré” and “marine” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,659
- “maré” frequency rank
- #20,938
- “marine” frequency rank
- 28597
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maré | marine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | movimento periódico de subida e descida das águas do mar | marinha |
Where the eye mixes maré and marine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses maré with marine
A purely visual mix-up. maré (/mɐ.ˈɾɛ/) and marine (\ma.ʁin\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maré is recorded at frequency rank #7,659, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾɛ/. marine is at rank #20,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁin\.
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 28597, this pair ranks #40,208 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maré vs marine
Shared letters: amr. Private to "maré": é. Private to "marine": ein.
"maré" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "marine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marine ← amrine · mairne · marien · marinne · marnie · marrine · mmarine · mraine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maré" for "marine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "maré" or "marine"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maré" and "marine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,208 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maré" and "marine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marine 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 #40,208 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.