Which to use
“mediação” and “medição” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,939
- “mediação” frequency rank
- #11,108
- “medição” frequency rank
- 24047
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediação | medição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de agir como mediador, resolvendo uma contenda | ato de medir |
Where the eye mixes mediação and medição
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mediação runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against medição's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mediação vs medição
A purely visual mix-up. mediação (/me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/) and medição (/mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 24047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mediação is recorded at frequency rank #12,939, classified as anoun, pronounced /me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/. medição is at rank #11,108, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 24047, this pair ranks #45,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mediação vs medição
Shared letters: deimoãç. Private to "mediação": a. Private to "medição": -.
"mediação" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "medição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mediação" for "medição" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mediação" or "medição" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mediação" and "medição" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mediação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediação" and "medição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs medição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #45,660 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.