Which to use
“menção” is a noun and “mensal” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,557
- “menção” frequency rank
- #5,968
- “mensal” frequency rank
- 12525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | menção | mensal |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de mencionar | relativo ao mês |
Letter map: menção vs mensal
Shared letters muted; letters that set menção and mensal apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. menção (CVCCVV) and mensal (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: menção vs mensal
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: menção is anoun and mensalanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
menção is recorded at frequency rank #6,557, classified as anoun. mensal is at rank #5,968, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mẽ.ˈsaɫ/.
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 12525, this pair ranks #60,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of menção vs mensal
Shared letters: emn. Private to "menção": oãç. Private to "mensal": als.
"menção" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mensal" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mensal ← emnsal · menasl · mennsal · mensall · mensla · menssal · mesnal · mmensal
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "menção" for "mensal" ever safe?
Which is more common, "menção" or "mensal"?
What to do next
You've compared "menção" and "mensal". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "menção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mensal" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "menção" and "mensal" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mens vs mensal". 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 #60,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.