mangovsmeigoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mango is a noun, meigo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mango” is a noun and “meigo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,799
“mango” frequency rank
#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
59517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mango meigo
Definition manga, fruto bondoso, amável

Letter map: mango vs meigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set mango and meigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
mango
5 ch
meigo

Part-of-speech tell for mango / meigo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mango is anoun and meigoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mango is recorded at frequency rank #34,799, classified as anoun. meigo is at rank #24,718, tagged as anadj.

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 59517, this pair ranks #8,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mango vs meigo

Shared letters: gmo. Private to "mango": an. Private to "meigo": ei.

"mango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mangoamngo · manggo · manngo · manog · mmango · mnago
  • meigoemigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mango" and "meigo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mango" is a noun and "meigo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mango" or "meigo"?
"meigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,718 in our Portuguese list, against #34,799 for "mango". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mango" and "meigo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mango" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mango" and "meigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malho vs mango". 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 #8,143 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