Which to use
“me” and “mein” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28
- “me” frequency rank
- #36,545
- “mein” frequency rank
- 36573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | me | mein |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: | meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular: |
Letter map: me vs mein
Shared letters muted; letters that set me and mein apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
me and mein are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “mein”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mein is at rank #36,545, tagged as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 36573, this pair ranks #30,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of me vs mein
Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "mein": in.
"me" · 2 letters · shape CV · "mein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mein ← emin · meinn · meni · mmein