mas vs mix, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mas” is a conjunction and “mix” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25
“mas” frequency rank: #4,744
“mix” frequency rank: 4769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mas	mix
Definition	conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias	mistura

Letter map: mas vs mix

Shared letters muted; letters that set mas and mix apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

mas

3 ch

mix

Role in the sentence - mas and mix

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mas is aconjunction and mixanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mas is recorded at frequency rank #25, classified as aconj, pronounced /ˈmɐʃ/. mix is at rank #4,744, 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 4769, this pair ranks #70,023 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mas vs mix

Shared letters: m. Private to "mas": as. Private to "mix": ix.

"mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mix" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mas" and "mix" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mas" is a conjunction and "mix" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "mas" or "mix"?

"mas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25 in our Portuguese list, against #4,744 for "mix". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "mas" and "mix". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "mas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #70,023 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mas" and "mix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mix". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,023 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.