Which to use
“médico” is an adjective and “medidor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- #22,721
- “medidor” frequency rank
- 23689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médico | medidor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce | instrumento para medir algo |
Letter map: médico vs medidor
Shared letters muted; letters that set médico and medidor apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. médico runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against medidor's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: médico vs medidor
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: médico is anadjective and medidoranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médico is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as anadj. medidor is at rank #22,721, tagged as anoun.
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 23689, this pair ranks #46,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médico vs medidor
Shared letters: dimo. Private to "médico": cé. Private to "medidor": er.
"médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medidor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medidor ← emdidor · mdeidor · meddidor · meddior · mediddor · medidorr · medidro · mediodr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "médico" for "medidor" ever safe?
Which is more common, "médico" or "medidor"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "médico" and "medidor".
- Full dictionary entry for "médico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medidor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médico" and "medidor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs medidor". 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 #46,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.