Which to use
“mediana” and “medida” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,942
- “mediana” frequency rank
- #1,014
- “medida” frequency rank
- 21956
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediana | medida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | linha que une o ponto médio do lado de um triângulo e o vértice oposto | determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra |
Where the eye mixes mediana and medida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mediana runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against medida's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mediana with medida
A purely visual mix-up. mediana (/mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nɐ/) and medida (/mɨ.ˈdi.dɐ/) 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 21956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mediana is recorded at frequency rank #20,942, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nɐ/. medida is at rank #1,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdi.dɐ/.
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 21956, this pair ranks #48,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mediana vs medida
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "mediana": n. Private to "medida": -.
"mediana" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "medida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mediana" and "medida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mediana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediana" and "medida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediana vs mediar". 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 #48,190 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.