me

pron

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The verdict

“me” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #28 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#28
frequency rank, Portuguese
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

me vs my
50% similar
me vs mi
50% similar
me vs mo
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for me
PropertyValue
Headwordme
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters2
Frequency rank#28
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “me” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). me lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for me is 2 letters long, classified as a pronoun. Corpus data places it at rank #28 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for me in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "mi", "mo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is me, spelled M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:
  2. 2
    pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos indiretos, suprimindo a preposição a, de, em ou para:
  3. 3
    pronome pessoal reflexivo da primeira pessoa do singular:
  4. 4
    meu (como dativo de posse):
  5. 5
    usado para enfatizar a a(c)ção verbal (como dativo ético):
  6. 6
    usado no sentido passivo, com alguns verbos:

This word in other languages

me(English)me(Español)me(Français)mich(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "me"?
"me" is spelled M-E.
What does "me" mean?
As a pronoun, "me" means: pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:
What words are commonly confused with "me"?
"me" is commonly confused with "my", "mi", "mo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "me" come from?
"me" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “me”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “my” - see the side-by-side comparison. me vs my
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list