Which to use
“mamão” is an adjective and “memo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,399
- “mamão” frequency rank
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- 59080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamão | memo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que mama muito | mesmo |
Letter map: mamão vs memo
Shared letters muted; letters that set mamão and memo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mamão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against memo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: mamão vs memo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mamão is anadjective and memoanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamão is recorded at frequency rank #23,399, classified as anadj. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.
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 59080, this pair ranks #8,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamão vs memo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mamão": aã. Private to "memo": e.
"mamão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mamão" for "memo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mamão" or "memo" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "mamão" vs "memo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mamão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamão" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs muso". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #8,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.