mevsmoerWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#33,946
“moer” frequency rank
33974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me moer
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: reduzir a pó por meio de moinho

Letter map: me vs moer

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

2 ch
me
4 ch
moer

Grammar separator: me vs moer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and moeraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. moer is at rank #33,946, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmweɾ/.

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 33974, this pair ranks #33,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs moer

Shared letters: em. Private to "me": -. Private to "moer": or.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "moer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moermmoer · moerr · more · omer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "me" and "moer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "moer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "me" or "moer"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #33,946 for "moer". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "moer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moca vs moer". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,408 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