Which to use
“medição” is a noun and “medido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,108
- “medição” frequency rank
- #19,494
- “medido” frequency rank
- 30602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medição | medido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de medir | calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular |
Letter map: medição vs medido
Shared letters muted; letters that set medição and medido apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. medição runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against medido's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - medição and medido
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medição is anoun and medidoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30602, 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/. medido is at rank #19,494, 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 30602, this pair ranks #37,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medição vs medido
Shared letters: deimo. Private to "medição": ãç. Private to "medido": -.
"medição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medição" and "medido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "medição" or "medido"?
After this comparison
Pair "medição" vs "medido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "medição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medição" and "medido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medido vs melado". 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 #37,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.