me vs mer, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank: #22,090
“mer” frequency rank: 22118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: me vs mer

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

2 ch

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mer

Grammar separator: me vs mer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and meranoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “mer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mer is at rank #22,090, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɛʁ/.

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 22118, this pair ranks #48,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mer

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "mer": r.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "mer" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "mer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "me" or "mer"?

"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #22,090 for "mer". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "me" and "mer".

Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #48,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"me" and "mer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mer". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.