Which to use
“melanina” and “melanoma” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,258
- “melanina” frequency rank
- #47,485
- “melanoma” frequency rank
- 79743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melanina | melanoma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pigmento na forma de proteína, responsável pela cor dos fios de cabelo, da pele, das unhas e cerdas de pelos | tipo de câncer que atinge o tecido epitelial, mais especificamente a pele |
Letter map: melanina vs melanoma
Shared letters muted; letters that set melanina and melanoma apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. melanina and melanoma follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: melanina and melanoma
melanina and melanoma are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melanina is recorded at frequency rank #32,258, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.lɐ.ˈni.nɐ/. melanoma is at rank #47,485, 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 79743, this pair ranks #1,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melanina vs melanoma
Shared letters: aelmn. Private to "melanina": i. Private to "melanoma": o.
"melanina" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "melanoma" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "melanina" for "melanoma" ever safe?
Frequency check: "melanina" vs "melanoma" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "melanina" vs "melanoma" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "melanina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melanoma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melanina" and "melanoma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melancia vs melanoma". 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 #1,449 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.