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Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#4,745
“mo” frequency rank
4773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me mo
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro)

Letter map: me vs mo

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

2 ch
me
2 ch
mo

Corpus notes: me and mo

me and mo 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 a single letter - e in “me” becomes o in “mo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mo is at rank #4,745, tagged as apron, pronounced /mo/.

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 4773, this pair ranks #70,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mo

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "mo": o.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "mo" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "me" and "mo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - e in “me” becomes o in “mo”, 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 "mo"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #4,745 for "mo". 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 "mo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "mo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,017 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