mío
/ˈmi.o̞/
The verdict
“mío” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,986 among 2,261 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,986
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,261
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meu, pronome possessivo singular da primeira pessoa do singular:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mío |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmi.o̞/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #95,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mío” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mío is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,986 among 2,261 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈmi.o̞/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "meu, pronome possessivo singular da primeira pessoa do singular:".
mío has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 mío, spelled M-Í-O.
Definition
- 1meu, pronome possessivo singular da primeira pessoa do singular:
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 “mío”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-Í-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.