mevsmixTell them apart

Quick tell: me is a pronoun, mix is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#4,744
“mix” frequency rank
4772
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: me vs mix

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

2 ch
me
3 ch
mix

Part-of-speech tell for me / mix

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and mixanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mix is at rank #4,744, tagged as anoun.

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 4772, this pair ranks #70,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mix

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "mix": ix.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "mix" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "mix" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "me" or "mix"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #4,744 for "mix". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "mix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mix". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,019 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