mestra vs mestre, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mestra” is a noun and “mestre” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,241
“mestra” frequency rank: #1,470
“mestre” frequency rank: 22711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mestra	mestre
Definition	abelha-rainha de uma colmeia	superior

Letter map: mestra vs mestre

Shared letters muted; letters that set mestra and mestre apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch

mestra

6 ch

mestre

Role in the sentence - mestra and mestre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mestra is anoun and mestreanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “mestra” becomes e in “mestre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mestra is recorded at frequency rank #21,241, classified as anoun. mestre is at rank #1,470, tagged as anadj.

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 22711, this pair ranks #47,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mestra vs mestre

Shared letters: emrst. Private to "mestra": a. Private to "mestre": -.

"mestra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mestre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

mestra ← emstra · mesrta · messtra · mestar · mestrra · mesttra · metsra · mmestra
mestre ← emstre · mesrte · messtre · mester · mestrre · mesttre · metsre · mmestre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mestra" and "mestre" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mestra" is a noun and "mestre" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mestra" or "mestre" show up more?

"mestre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,470 in our Portuguese list, against #21,241 for "mestra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "mestra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mestre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #47,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mestra" and "mestre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mestra vs mitra". 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 #47,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.