mein
/maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“mein” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,545 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.
- #36,545
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular:
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mein |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mein” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mein is 4 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #36,545 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular:".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mein, with forms such as "emin", "meinn", and "meni". 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is mein, spelled M-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emin,meinn,meni,mmein
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mein - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “mein”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-E-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mi” - see the side-by-side comparison. mein vs mi
- 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.