manévsmeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#16,814
“mané” frequency rank
#28
“me” frequency rank
16842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mané me
Definition pessoa boba, tolo pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set mané and me apart are highlighted. They share 1 letter in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch
mané
2 ch
me

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mané is anoun and meapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mané is recorded at frequency rank #16,814, classified as anoun. 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 16842, this pair ranks #54,600 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mané vs me

Shared letters: m. Private to "mané": ané. Private to "me": e.

"mané" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "me" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequency comparison

mané#16,814
me#28

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mané" and "me" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mané" is a noun and "me" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mané" or "me"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #16,814 for "mané". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering mané vs me

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “mané”; for a pronoun, it's “me”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “mané” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list