# mas vs mens

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### mas
*conjunction · IPA /ˈmɐʃ/ · frequency rank #25*
conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias

### mens
*noun · IPA [ mɛns ] · frequency rank #47,487*
pessoa, humano, homem

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mas-vs-mens