me vs meu, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank: #46
“meu” frequency rank: 74
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	me	meu
Definition	pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:	de posse da primeira pessoa do singular (eu); pertencente a mim

Letter map: me vs meu

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

2 ch

3 ch

meu

Corpus notes: me and meu

me and meu 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 “meu”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. meu is at rank #46, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈmew/.

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 74, this pair ranks #75,578 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs meu

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "meu": u.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV · "meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “me” sits inside “meu”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "me" or "meu" show up more?

"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #46 for "meu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "meu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #75,578 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"me" and "meu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs meu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #75,578 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.