# menos

> Portuguese word · Adjective · IPA /ˈme.nʊs/ · frequency rank #149

## Definitions
1. forma comparativa de pouco; quantidade inferior de:
2. menor

## Easily confused with
- **mês** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mes)
- **mero** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mero)
- **menu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-menu)
- **mono** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mono)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mino)
- **mens** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mens)
- **meses** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-meses)
- **mente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mente)
- **mesas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mesas)
- **metas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-metas)
- **menta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-menta)
- **Minos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-minos)
- **mundos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/menos-vs-mundos)
- **men** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/men-vs-menos)
- **meio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/meio-vs-menos)
- **medo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/medo-vs-menos)
- **mãos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/maos-vs-menos)
- **mano** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/mano-vs-menos)
- **Melo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/melo-vs-menos)
- **memo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/memo-vs-menos)

## Common misspellings (7)
`emnos`, `mennos`, `menoss`, `menso`, `meons`, `mmenos`, `mneos`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/menos