médicovsmeigoTell them apart

Which to use

“médico” and “meigo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#968
“médico” frequency rank
#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
25686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature médico meigo
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Letter map: médico vs meigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set médico and meigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
médico
5 ch
meigo

Spelling & dictionary notes on médico vs meigo

médico and meigo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

médico is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as anadj. meigo is at rank #24,718, 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 25686, this pair ranks #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of médico vs meigo

Shared letters: imo. Private to "médico": cdé. Private to "meigo": eg.

"médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigoemigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "médico" and "meigo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "médico" vs "meigo" - which ranks higher?
"médico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #968 in our Portuguese list, against #24,718 for "meigo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "médico" and "meigo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "médico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "médico" and "meigo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meigo vs moído". 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 #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list