Martinho vs Martino, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#15,159
“Martinho” frequency rank: #46,436
“Martino” frequency rank: 61595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Martinho	Martino
Definition	nome de santo, papas, bispos e de fidalgos que na sua forma mais antiga se dizia Martim	prenome masculino

Same sound, different letters: Martinho vs Martino

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. Martinho runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against Martino's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch

Martinho

7 ch

Martino

Same sound, different spelling - Martinho / Martino

This is the hard kind. Martinho and Martino are pronounced identically (/maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Martinho is recorded at frequency rank #15,159, classified as anoun, pronounced /maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/. Martino is at rank #46,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maɾ.ˈtʃi.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 61595, this pair ranks #7,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Martinho vs Martino

Shared letters: aimnort. Private to "Martinho": h. Private to "Martino": -.

"Martinho" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "Martino" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

Martinho ← amrtinho · maritnho · marrtinho · martihno · martinhho · martinnho · martinoh · martniho
Martino ← amrtino · maritno · marrtino · martinno · martion · martnio · marttino · matrino

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Martinho" and "Martino" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (/maɾ.ˈtʃi.ɲu/), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "Martinho" vs "Martino" - which ranks higher?

"Martinho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,159 in our Portuguese list, against #46,436 for "Martino". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "Martinho" / "Martino". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "Martinho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Martino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #7,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Martinho" and "Martino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Martino vs mirtilo". 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 #7,063 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.