me vs my, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#28
“me” frequency rank: #1,440
“my” frequency rank: 1468
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: me vs my

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

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Spelling & dictionary notes on me vs my

me and my 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 y in “my”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #28, classified as apron. my is at rank #1,440, tagged as apron.

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 1468, this pair ranks #74,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs my

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "my": y.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV · "my" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "me" for "my" ever safe?

No. They differ by a single letter - e in “me” becomes y in “my”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

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

"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28 in our Portuguese list, against #1,440 for "my". 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 "my". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "my" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #74,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"me" and "my" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs my". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #74,103 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.