medição vs medida, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,108
“medição” frequency rank: #1,014
“medida” frequency rank: 12122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	medição	medida
Definition	ato de medir	determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set medição and medida apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

medição

6 ch

medida

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. medição (/mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 12122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medição is recorded at frequency rank #11,108, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. 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 12122, this pair ranks #60,562 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of medição vs medida

Shared letters: deim. Private to "medição": oãç. Private to "medida": a.

"medição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "medida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

medida ← emdida · mdeida · meddia · meddida · mediad · medidda · meidda · mmedida

Frequency comparison

medição#11,108

medida#1,014

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "medição" and "medida" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ versus /mɨ.ˈdi.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "medição" or "medida"?

"medida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,014 in our Portuguese list, against #11,108 for "medição". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering medição vs medida

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