Which to use
“médico” is an adjective and “medir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- #7,434
- “medir” frequency rank
- 8402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médico | medir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce | ter como medida |
Letter map: médico vs medir
Shared letters muted; letters that set médico and medir apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - médico and medir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: médico is anadjective and mediraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médico is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as anadj. medir is at rank #7,434, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdiɾ/.
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 8402, this pair ranks #65,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of médico vs medir
Shared letters: dim. Private to "médico": coé. Private to "medir": er.
"médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medir ← emdir · mdeir · meddir · medirr · medri · meidr · mmedir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "médico" and "medir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "médico" vs "medir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "médico" vs "medir" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "médico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médico" and "medir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medir vs mein". 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 #65,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.