mestravsmisturaTell them apart

Which to use

“mestra” and “mistura” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,241
“mestra” frequency rank
#2,588
“mistura” frequency rank
23829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mestra mistura
Definition abelha-rainha de uma colmeia ato ou efeito de misturar duas ou mais coisas

Letter map: mestra vs mistura

Shared letters muted; letters that set mestra and mistura apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mestra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against mistura's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
mestra
7 ch
mistura

Spelling & dictionary notes on mestra vs mistura

mestra and mistura 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mestra is recorded at frequency rank #21,241, classified as anoun. mistura is at rank #2,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced /miʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.

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 23829, this pair ranks #45,918 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mestra vs mistura

Shared letters: amrst. Private to "mestra": e. Private to "mistura": iu.

"mestra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "mistura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mestra ← emstra · mesrta · messtra · mestar · mestrra · mesttra · metsra · mmestra
  • mistura ← imstura · misstura · mistrua · misttura · mistuar · misturra · misutra · mitsura

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mestra" for "mistura" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mestra" vs "mistura" - which ranks higher?
"mistura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,588 in our Portuguese list, against #21,241 for "mestra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mestra" and "mistura". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mestra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mistura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,918 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mestra" and "mistura" 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 #45,918 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list