médiavsmeinWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: média is a noun, mein is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“média” is a noun and “mein” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#993
“média” frequency rank
#36,545
“mein” frequency rank
37538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature média mein
Definition valor intermediário meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular:

Letter map: média vs mein

Shared letters muted; letters that set média and mein apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. média runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against mein's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
média
4 ch
mein

Part-of-speech tell for média / mein

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: média is anoun and meinapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

média is recorded at frequency rank #993, classified as anoun. mein is at rank #36,545, tagged as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 37538, this pair ranks #29,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of média vs mein

Shared letters: im. Private to "média": adé. Private to "mein": en.

"média" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "mein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mein ← emin · meinn · meni · mmein

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "média" and "mein" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "média" is a noun and "mein" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "média" vs "mein" - which ranks higher?
"média" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #993 in our Portuguese list, against #36,545 for "mein". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "média" and "mein". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "média" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mein" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "média" and "mein" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mein vs mens". 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 #29,060 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