mvsmeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: m is a symbol, me is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“m” is a symbol and “me” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#701
“m” frequency rank
#28
“me” frequency rank
729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature m me
Definition símbolo de metro pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:

Letter map: m vs me

Shared letters muted; letters that set m and me apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

1 ch
m
2 ch
me

Role in the sentence - m and me

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: m is asymbol and meapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “m” sits inside “me”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

m is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as asymbol. me is at rank #28, tagged as apron.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 729, this pair ranks #74,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of m vs me

Shared letters: m. Private to "m": -. Private to "me": e.

"m" · 1 letters · shape C  ·  "me" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "m" for "me" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "m" is a symbol and "me" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "m" vs "me" - which ranks higher?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #701 for "m". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "m" vs "me" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "m" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "me" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "m" and "me" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "m vs maa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #74,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list