mevsmemoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: me is a pronoun, memo is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#35,681
“memo” frequency rank
35709
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me memo
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: mesmo

Letter map: me vs memo

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

2 ch
me
4 ch
memo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and memoanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “memo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.

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 35709, this pair ranks #31,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs memo

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "memo": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memoemmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "me" and "memo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "memo" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "me" or "memo"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #35,681 for "memo". 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