Which to use
“marinha” is a noun and “marinho” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,156
- “marinha” frequency rank
- #6,087
- “marinho” frequency rank
- 9243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marinha | marinho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | costa, ribeira, praia, território próximo ao mar e por ele influenciado, litoral | relativo ao mar |
Where the eye mixes marinha and marinho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marinha and marinho follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: marinha vs marinho
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marinha is /mɐ.ˈɾi.ɲɐ/ while marinho is /mɐ.ˈɾi.ɲu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “marinha” becomes o in “marinho”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marinha is recorded at frequency rank #3,156, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.ɲɐ/. marinho is at rank #6,087, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mɐ.ˈɾi.ɲu/.
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 9243, this pair ranks #64,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marinha vs marinho
Shared letters: ahimnr. Private to "marinha": -. Private to "marinho": o.
"marinha" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "marinho" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marinha" and "marinho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "marinha" or "marinho" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marinha" and "marinho" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marinha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marinho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marinha" and "marinho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marinho 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 #64,257 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.