Which to use
“média” is a noun and “medir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #993
- “média” frequency rank
- #7,434
- “medir” frequency rank
- 8427
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | média | medir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | valor intermediário | ter como medida |
Letter map: média vs medir
Shared letters muted; letters that set média and medir apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for média / medir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: média is anoun and mediraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
média is recorded at frequency rank #993, classified as anoun. medir is at rank #7,434, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdiɾ/.
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 8427, this pair ranks #65,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of média vs medir
Shared letters: dim. Private to "média": aé. Private to "medir": er.
"média" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "medir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medir ← emdir · mdeir · meddir · medirr · medri · meidr · mmedir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "média" and "medir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "média" or "medir" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "média" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "média" and "medir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medir vs mein". 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 #65,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.