Which to use
“masturbação” and “maturação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,849
- “masturbação” frequency rank
- #28,669
- “maturação” frequency rank
- 46518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masturbação | maturação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato no qual a pessoa toca a própria região genital para produzir prazer | período que acontece após o crescimento |
Where the eye mixes masturbação and maturação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. masturbação runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCVV) against maturação's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: masturbação vs maturação
A purely visual mix-up. masturbação (/mɐʃ.tuɾ.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and maturação (/mɐ.tu.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masturbação is recorded at frequency rank #17,849, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɐʃ.tuɾ.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. maturação is at rank #28,669, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɐ.tu.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 46518, this pair ranks #18,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of masturbação vs maturação
Shared letters: amortuãç. Private to "masturbação": bs. Private to "maturação": -.
"masturbação" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCVV · "maturação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "masturbação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maturação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Confusion rank #18,777 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.