Which to use
“mecha” and “meia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,075
- “mecha” frequency rank
- #1,054
- “meia” frequency rank
- 25129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mecha | meia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção de cabelos ou pelos | peça de vestuário de tecido de malha que se calça sobre a pele até meio da perna |
Where the eye mixes mecha and meia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mecha vs meia
A purely visual mix-up. mecha (/ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/) and meia (/ˈmɐj.ɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mecha is recorded at frequency rank #24,075, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/. meia is at rank #1,054, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɐj.ɐ/.
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 25129, this pair ranks #44,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mecha vs meia
Shared letters: aem. Private to "mecha": ch. Private to "meia": i.
"mecha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meia" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mecha" for "meia" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mecha" or "meia"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mecha" and "meia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mecha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mecha" and "meia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mecha vs mesh". 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 #44,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.