mevsmoiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank
#20,946
“moi” frequency rank
20974
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me moi
Definition pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: mim, eu, pronome pessoal tónico da primeira pessoa do singular:

Letter map: me vs moi

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

2 ch
me
3 ch
moi

Pair insight - me / moi

me and moi 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 20974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. moi is at rank #20,946, tagged as apron, pronounced /mwa/.

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 20974, this pair ranks #49,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs moi

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "moi": io.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "me" for "moi" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "me" vs "moi" - which ranks higher?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #20,946 for "moi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "me" vs "moi" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "moi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs moi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #49,408 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