Which to use
“médico” and “meio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #968
- “médico” frequency rank
- #190
- “meio” frequency rank
- 1158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médico | meio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é relativo à medicina ou a quem a exerce | designativo de metade |
Letter map: médico vs meio
Shared letters muted; letters that set médico and meio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - médico / meio
médico and meio 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médico is recorded at frequency rank #968, classified as anadj. meio is at rank #190, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɐj.u/.
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 1158, this pair ranks #74,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of médico vs meio
Shared letters: imo. Private to "médico": cdé. Private to "meio": e.
"médico" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "meio" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meio ← emio · meoi · mieo · mmeio
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "médico" for "meio" ever safe?
Frequency check: "médico" vs "meio" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "médico" and "meio". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "médico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médico" and "meio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meio vs muso". 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 #74,452 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.