mevsmenTell them apart

Which to use

“me” and “men” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28
“me” frequency rank
#6,318
“men” frequency rank
6346
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me men
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: pronome indefinido da terceira pessoa do singular, equivalente à partícula "se"

Letter map: me vs men

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

2 ch
me
3 ch
men

Spelling & dictionary notes on me vs men

me and men 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 1 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “men”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. men is at rank #6,318, tagged as apron.

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 6346, this pair ranks #68,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs men

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "men": n.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "men" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “men”, 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 "men"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #6,318 for "men". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "me" vs "men" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "men" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "men" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs men". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,097 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