Which to use
“médico” is an adjective and “medium” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- #27,932
- “medium” frequency rank
- 28900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médico | medium |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce | meio |
Letter map: médico vs medium
Shared letters muted; letters that set médico and medium apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for médico / medium
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: médico is anadjective and mediumanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médico is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as anadj. medium is at rank #27,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmiːdɪəm/.
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 28900, this pair ranks #39,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médico vs medium
Shared letters: dim. Private to "médico": coé. Private to "medium": eu.
"médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medium" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medium ← emdium · mdeium · meddium · medimu · mediumm · meduim · meidum · mmedium
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "médico" and "medium" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "médico" or "medium"?
What to do next
Pair "médico" vs "medium" 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 "medium" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médico" and "medium" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs medium". 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 #39,860 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.