mevsmelTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#2,843
“mel” frequency rank
2871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me mel
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: substância doce, espessa e viscosa elaborada pelas abelhas nas colmeias

Letter map: me vs mel

Shared letters muted; letters that set me and mel apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
me
3 ch
mel

Role in the sentence - me and mel

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and melanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “mel”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mel is at rank #2,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛɫ/.

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 2871, this pair ranks #72,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mel

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "mel": l.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "mel" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "mel" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "mel" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "me" vs "mel" - which ranks higher?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #2,843 for "mel". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "me" and "mel". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "mel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mel". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #72,373 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