Which to use
“mas” is a conjunction and “mask” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25
- “mas” frequency rank
- #36,537
- “mask” frequency rank
- 36562
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mas | mask |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias | máscara |
Where the eye mixes mas and mask
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mas runs 3 letters (CVC) against mask's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mas and mask
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mas is /ˈmɐʃ/ while mask is /mæsk/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mas” sits inside “mask”, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mas is recorded at frequency rank #25, classified as aconj, pronounced /ˈmɐʃ/. mask is at rank #36,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mæsk/.
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 36562, this pair ranks #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mas vs mask
Shared letters: ams. Private to "mas": -. Private to "mask": k.
"mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mask" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mask ← amsk · maks · maskk · massk · mmask · msak
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mas" and "mask" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mas" vs "mask" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mas" and "mask" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mask" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mas" and "mask" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mask". 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 #30,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.