memo

adv

The verdict

“memo” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #35,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,681
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mesmo

Corpus desk

Index PT-memo · memo · Portuguese

memo · rank #35,681 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,681
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH mensurar

Nearest frequency peer: mensurar (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “memo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “memo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

memo vs mo
50% similar
memo vs meu
50% similar
memo vs mim
50% similar

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

Key facts for memo
PropertyValue
Headwordmemo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,681
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “memo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).memocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mensurar” (#35,682), “metalurgia” (#35,683), “mundano” (#35,690). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “memo” fica em #35,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around memo, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #35,681 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mesmo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for memo, with forms such as "emmo", "memmo", and "meom". 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, "mo", "meu", "mim", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is memo, spelled M-E-M-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mesmo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pedro Maneta, romance Julho, 10! Teatro
  2. Morangos mofados

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmo
  • memmo
  • meom
  • mmemo
  • mmeo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of memo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emmo2memmo1meom2mmemo1mmeo2
Edit distance from "memo"

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 "memo"?
"memo" is spelled M-E-M-O.
What does "memo" mean?
As an adverb, "memo" means: mesmo
What words are commonly confused with "memo"?
"memo" is commonly confused with "mo", "meu", "mim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "memo" come from?
"memo" 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 "memo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list