me vs mui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank: #23,741
“mui” frequency rank: 23769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	me	mui
Definition	pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo:	em alto grau

Letter map: me vs mui

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

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mui

Grammar separator: me vs mui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is apronoun and muianadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. mui is at rank #23,741, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈmũj/.

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 23769, this pair ranks #45,986 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mui

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "mui": iu.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "mui" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "me" vs "mui" - which ranks higher?

"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #23,741 for "mui". 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 "mui".

Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #45,986 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"me" and "mui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mui". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #45,986 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.