Which to use
“mas” is a conjunction and “my” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25
- “mas” frequency rank
- #1,440
- “my” frequency rank
- 1465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mas | my |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunção adversativa, indica clara oposição entre ideias | nós |
Letter map: mas vs my
Shared letters muted; letters that set mas and my apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for mas / my
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mas is aconjunction and myapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mas is recorded at frequency rank #25, classified as aconj, pronounced /ˈmɐʃ/. my is at rank #1,440, tagged as apron.
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 1465, this pair ranks #74,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mas vs my
Shared letters: m. Private to "mas": as. Private to "my": y.
"mas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "my" · 2 letters · shape CV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mas" for "my" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mas" or "my"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mas" and "my".
- Full dictionary entry for "mas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "my" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mas" and "my" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs my". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #74,105 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.