Which to use
“metal” and “metas” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,027
- “metal” frequency rank
- #6,791
- “metas” frequency rank
- 9818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | metal | metas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | toda substância simples, dotada de brilho próprio (brilho metálico), boa condutora de calor e de eletricidade, que forma óxidos básicos em contato com o oxigênio, e que na eletrólise se dirige ao pólo negativo | plural de meta |
Where the eye mixes metal and metas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. metal and metas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: metal vs metas
A purely visual mix-up. metal (/mɨ.ˈtaɫ/) and metas (/ˈmɛ.tɐs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - l in “metal” becomes s in “metas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
metal is recorded at frequency rank #3,027, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈtaɫ/. metas is at rank #6,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.tɐs/.
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 9818, this pair ranks #63,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of metal vs metas
Shared letters: aemt. Private to "metal": l. Private to "metas": s.
"metal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "metas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "metal" and "metas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "metal" or "metas"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "metal" and "metas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "metal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "metal" and "metas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mens vs metas". 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 #63,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.