mártirvsmasterWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mártir is a noun, master is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mártir” is a noun and “master” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,505
“mártir” frequency rank
#6,446
“master” frequency rank
17951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mártir master
Definition aquele que sofreu tormentos ou a morte, por sustentar a fé cristã principal

Letter map: mártir vs master

Shared letters muted; letters that set mártir and master apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
mártir
6 ch
master

Part-of-speech tell for mártir / master

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mártir is anoun and masteranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mártir is recorded at frequency rank #11,505, classified as anoun. master is at rank #6,446, tagged as anadj.

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 17951, this pair ranks #53,158 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mártir vs master

Shared letters: mrt. Private to "mártir": . Private to "master": aes.

"mártir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "master" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • masteramster · masetr · masster · masterr · mastre · mastter · matser · mmaster

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mártir" for "master" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mártir" is a noun and "master" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mártir" vs "master" - which ranks higher?
"master" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,446 in our Portuguese list, against #11,505 for "mártir". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mártir" vs "master" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mártir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "master" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,158 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mártir" and "master" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mártir vs matiz". 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 #53,158 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