meia

/ˈmɐj.ɐ/

//ˈmɐj.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“meia” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,054) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,054
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de vestuário de tecido de malha que se calça sobre a pele até meio da perna

Corpus desk

Index PT-meia · meia · Portuguese

meia · rank #1,054 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,054
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH matar

Nearest frequency peer: matar (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “meia”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “meia” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

meia vs mi
50% similar
meia vs meu
50% similar
meia vs mim
50% similar

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

Key facts for meia
PropertyValue
Headwordmeia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɐj.ɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,054
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “meia”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).meiacai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “matar” (#1,053), “parque” (#1,055), “proposta” (#1,056). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “meia” fica em #1,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for meia is neighbouring look-alikes ("mi", "meu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈmɐj.ɐ/. Frequency #1,054 among 1,087 “M” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for meia, with forms such as "emia", "meai", and "miea". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "meu", "mim", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is meia, spelled M-E-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de vestuário de tecido de malha que se calça sobre a pele até meio da perna
  2. 2
    versão feminina de meio
  3. 3
    jogador que joga no meio do campo
  4. 4
    o número 6, usado em sequência de números
  5. 5
    meia-entrada (pagamento reduzido para entrar em cinema, etc)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how meia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mas foi classificado apenas como o 70º melhor de 2008, lugar mais do que modesto para um meia que até 2006 era a maior estrela do futebol mundial.

This word in other languages

sock(English)calcetín(Español)chaussette(Français)Strumpf(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emia
  • meai
  • miea
  • mmeia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emia2meai2miea2mmeia1
Edit distance from "meia"

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 "meia"?
"meia" is spelled M-E-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɐj.ɐ/.
What does "meia" mean?
As a noun, "meia" means: peça de vestuário de tecido de malha que se calça sobre a pele até meio da perna
What words are commonly confused with "meia"?
"meia" is commonly confused with "mi", "meu", "mim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meia" is /ˈmɐj.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meia" come from?
"meia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fome#1,047cedo#1,043dado#1,067saiu#1,035

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list