Which to use
“marzo” and “murro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,029
- “marzo” frequency rank
- #17,335
- “murro” frequency rank
- 60364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marzo | murro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | março | pancada desferida com a mão fechada |
Where the eye mixes marzo and murro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. marzo and murro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marzo and murro
A purely visual mix-up. marzo (/'mar.so/) and murro (/ˈmu.Ru/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marzo is recorded at frequency rank #43,029, classified as anoun, pronounced /'mar.so/. murro is at rank #17,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmu.Ru/.
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 60364, this pair ranks #7,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marzo vs murro
Shared letters: mor. Private to "marzo": az. Private to "murro": u.
"marzo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "murro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marzo" and "murro" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "marzo" or "murro" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marzo" and "murro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marzo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marzo" and "murro" 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 #7,691 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.