Which to use
“mediano” and “médio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,717
- “mediano” frequency rank
- #994
- “médio” frequency rank
- 25711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediano | médio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está no meio | que está a meio caminho entre dois extremos |
Where the eye mixes mediano and médio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mediano runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against médio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mediano vs médio
A purely visual mix-up. mediano (/mɨ.ˈdjɐ.nu/) and médio (/ˈmɛ.dju/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25711, 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/. médio is at rank #994, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɛ.dju/.
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 25711, this pair ranks #43,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mediano vs médio
Shared letters: dimo. Private to "mediano": aen. Private to "médio": é.
"mediano" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "médio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mediano ← emdiano · mdeiano · medaino · meddiano · medianno · mediaon · medinao · meidano
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mediano" and "médio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mediano" vs "médio" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mediano" and "médio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mediano" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediano" and "médio" 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 #43,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.