Which to use
“master” is an adjective and “mister” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,446
- “master” frequency rank
- #15,861
- “mister” frequency rank
- 22307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | master | mister |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | principal | se diz de algo de grande importância, de suma importância |
Letter map: master vs mister
Shared letters muted; letters that set master and mister apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for master / mister
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: master is anadjective and misteranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “master” becomes i in “mister”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
master is recorded at frequency rank #6,446, classified as anadj. mister is at rank #15,861, tagged as anoun, pronounced /miʃ.ˈtɛɾ/.
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 22307, this pair ranks #47,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of master vs mister
Shared letters: emrst. Private to "master": a. Private to "mister": i.
"master" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mister" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "master" and "mister" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "master" or "mister" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "master" and "mister".
- Full dictionary entry for "master" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mister" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "master" and "mister" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Minister vs mister". 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 #47,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.