MarkvsmarzoTell them apart

Which to use

“Mark” and “marzo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,587
“Mark” frequency rank
#43,029
“marzo” frequency rank
45616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mark marzo
Definition Marcos março

Where the eye mixes Mark and marzo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Mark
5 ch
marzo

Look-alike desk: Mark vs marzo

A purely visual mix-up. Mark (/maːk/ (Austrália).) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mark is recorded at frequency rank #2,587, classified as anoun, pronounced /maːk/ (Austrália).. 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 45616, this pair ranks #19,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mark vs marzo

Shared letters: amr. Private to "Mark": k. Private to "marzo": oz.

"Mark" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "marzo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Markamrk · makr · markk · marrk · mmark · mrak
  • marzoamrzo · maroz · marrzo · marzzo · mazro · mmarzo · mrazo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mark" for "marzo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/maːk/ (Austrália). versus /'mar.so/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Mark" or "marzo" show up more?
"Mark" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,587 in our Portuguese list, against #43,029 for "marzo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Mark" and "marzo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mark" 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 #19,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mark" 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 #19,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list