Which to use
“mediar” is a verb and “médico” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,080
- “mediar” frequency rank
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- 34048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediar | médico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que mear | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce |
Letter map: mediar vs médico
Shared letters muted; letters that set mediar and médico apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mediar (CVCVVC) and médico (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - mediar and médico
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mediar is averb and médicoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mediar is recorded at frequency rank #33,080, classified as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdjaɾ/. 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 34048, this pair ranks #33,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mediar vs médico
Shared letters: dim. Private to "mediar": aer. Private to "médico": coé.
"mediar" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mediar ← emdiar · mdeiar · medair · meddiar · mediarr · medira · meidar · mmediar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mediar" for "médico" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mediar" or "médico" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "mediar" and "médico". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mediar" 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 #33,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediar" and "médico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs mendigar". 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 #33,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.