Which to use
“milão” and “milhar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,046
- “milão” frequency rank
- #34,813
- “milhar” frequency rank
- 44859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | milão | milhar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome para a ave de rapina, milhafre, (Milvus migrans e Milvus milvus) | mil unidades |
Where the eye mixes milão and milhar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between milão and milhar
A purely visual mix-up. milão (/mi.'laŋ/) and milhar (/mi.ˈʎaɾ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
milão is recorded at frequency rank #10,046, classified as anoun, pronounced /mi.'laŋ/. milhar is at rank #34,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mi.ˈʎaɾ/.
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 44859, this pair ranks #20,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of milão vs milhar
Shared letters: ilm. Private to "milão": oã. Private to "milhar": ahr.
"milão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "milhar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- milhar ← imlhar · mihlar · milahr · milharr · milhhar · milhra · millhar · mlihar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "milão" for "milhar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "milão" vs "milhar" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "milão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milhar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "milão" and "milhar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "milhar vs multar". 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 #20,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.