Which to use
“men” is a pronoun and “mente” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,318
- “men” frequency rank
- #990
- “mente” frequency rank
- 7308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | men | mente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pronome indefinido da terceira pessoa do singular, equivalente à partícula "se" | conjunto das ideias e convicções de uma pessoa; o resultado do trabalho cerebral de uma pessoal, intangível mas perceptível em sua forma de raciocinar |
Letter map: men vs mente
Shared letters muted; letters that set men and mente apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: men vs mente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: men is apronoun and menteanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “men” sits inside “mente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
men is recorded at frequency rank #6,318, classified as apron. mente is at rank #990, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/.
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 7308, this pair ranks #66,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of men vs mente
Shared letters: emn. Private to "men": -. Private to "mente": t.
"men" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mente ← emnte · menet · mennte · mentte · metne · mmente · mnete
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "men" and "mente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "men" or "mente"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "men" and "mente".
- Full dictionary entry for "men" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "men" and "mente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs men". 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 #66,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.