Which to use
“medição” and “meditação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,108
- “medição” frequency rank
- #12,287
- “meditação” frequency rank
- 23395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medição | meditação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de medir | ato ou efeito de meditar, cogitar, pensar, reflexionar |
Where the eye mixes medição and meditação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. medição runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against meditação's 9 (CVCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses medição with meditação
A purely visual mix-up. medição (/mɨ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and meditação (/mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) 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 23395, 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/. meditação is at rank #12,287, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 23395, this pair ranks #46,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medição vs meditação
Shared letters: deimoãç. Private to "medição": -. Private to "meditação": at.
"medição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "meditação" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medição" and "meditação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "medição" or "meditação"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "medição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meditação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medição" and "meditação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs medição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.