Which to use
“mármore” is a noun and “marmota” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,498
- “mármore” frequency rank
- #43,985
- “marmota” frequency rank
- 56483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mármore | marmota |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | rocha metamórfica de variadas cores, originada do calcário exposto a altas temperaturas e pressão; é muito empregada na arquitetura, construção cívil e na fabricação de estátuas e ornamentos | diz-se de quem tem baixa estatura |
Where the eye mixes mármore and marmota
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mármore vs marmota
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mármore is /ˈmaɾ.mu.ɾɨ/ while marmota is /mɐɾ.ˈmɔ.tɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mármore is recorded at frequency rank #12,498, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmaɾ.mu.ɾɨ/. marmota is at rank #43,985, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mɐɾ.ˈmɔ.tɐ/.
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 56483, this pair ranks #9,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mármore vs marmota
Shared letters: mor. Private to "mármore": eá. Private to "marmota": at.
"mármore" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marmota" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marmota ← amrmota · mamrota · marmmota · marmoat · marmotta · marmtoa · maromta · marrmota
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mármore" for "marmota" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mármore" or "marmota"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mármore" and "marmota" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mármore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marmota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mármore" and "marmota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mamona vs marmota". 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 #9,938 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.