Which to use
“mediação” is a noun and “médico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,939
- “mediação” frequency rank
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- 13907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediação | médico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de agir como mediador, resolvendo uma contenda | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce |
Letter map: mediação vs médico
Shared letters muted; letters that set mediação and médico apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mediação runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against médico's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - mediação and médico
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mediação is anoun and médicoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13907, 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/. médico is at rank #968, tagged as anadj.
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 13907, this pair ranks #58,309 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mediação vs médico
Shared letters: dimo. Private to "mediação": aeãç. Private to "médico": cé.
"mediação" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mediação" for "médico" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mediação" or "médico"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mediação" and "médico".
- Full dictionary entry for "mediação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,309 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediação" and "médico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediação vs mediano". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #58,309 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.