Which to use
“mas” is a conjunction and “means” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25
- “mas” frequency rank
- #30,253
- “means” frequency rank
- 30278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mas | means |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias | meios, meio |
Letter map: mas vs means
Shared letters muted; letters that set mas and means apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - mas and means
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mas is aconjunction and meansanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mas is recorded at frequency rank #25, classified as aconj, pronounced /ˈmɐʃ/. means is at rank #30,253, tagged as anoun.
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 30278, this pair ranks #38,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mas vs means
Shared letters: ams. Private to "mas": -. Private to "means": en.
"mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "means" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- means ← emans · maens · meanns · meanss · measn · menas · mmeans
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mas" and "means" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mas" vs "means" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mas" and "means".
- Full dictionary entry for "mas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "means" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mas" and "means" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "means vs mens". 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 #38,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.