me vs mim, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank: #113
“mim” frequency rank: 141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	me	mim
Definition	pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:	caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre)

Letter map: me vs mim

Shared letters muted; letters that set me and mim apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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mim

Pair insight - me / mim

me and mim 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mim is at rank #113, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈmĩ/.

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 141, this pair ranks #75,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mim

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "mim": i.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, 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 "mim"?

"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #113 for "mim". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #75,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"me" and "mim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mim". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #75,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.