mim

//ˈmĩ// pron

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#113

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mim is aPortuguesepron. It means: caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre) Pronounced /ˈmĩ/. It ranks #113 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with my and mo.

Key facts for mim
PropertyValue
Headwordmim
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPron
IPA/ˈmĩ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#113
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mim in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mim is 3 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmĩ/. Corpus data places it at rank #113 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre)".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for mim in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "mo", "min", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mim, spelled M-I-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre)

Frequency rank: #113 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mim"?
"mim" is spelled M-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmĩ/.
What does "mim" mean?
As a pron, "mim" means: caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre)
What words are commonly confused with "mim"?
"mim" is commonly confused with "my", "mo", "min". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mim" is /ˈmĩ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mim" come from?
"mim" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.