medianovsmédicoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mediano” and “médico” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,717
“mediano” frequency rank
#968
“médico” frequency rank
25685
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mediano médico
Definition que está no meio que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce

Letter map: mediano vs médico

Shared letters muted; letters that set mediano and médico apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
mediano
6 ch
médico

Spelling & dictionary notes on mediano vs médico

mediano and médico are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mediano is recorded at frequency rank #24,717, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/. 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 25685, this pair ranks #43,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mediano vs médico

Shared letters: dimo. Private to "mediano": aen. Private to "médico": .

"mediano" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medianoemdiano · mdeiano · medaino · meddiano · medianno · mediaon · medinao · meidano

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mediano" for "médico" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mediano" or "médico"?
"médico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #968 in our Portuguese list, against #24,717 for "mediano". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mediano" and "médico". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mediano" 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 #43,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mediano" and "médico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediano vs meridiano". 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 #43,591 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