mevsmeinWhat's the difference?

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.

2 ch
me
4 ch
mein

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

  • meinemin · meinn · meni · mmein

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "me" and "mein" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “mein”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "me" or "mein"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #36,545 for "mein". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list