Which to use
“medida” is a noun and “medido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,014
- “medida” frequency rank
- #19,494
- “medido” frequency rank
- 20508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medida | medido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra | calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular |
Letter map: medida vs medido
Shared letters muted; letters that set medida and medido apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. medida and medido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: medida vs medido
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medida is anoun and medidoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “medida” becomes o in “medido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medida is recorded at frequency rank #1,014, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdi.dɐ/. medido is at rank #19,494, 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 20508, this pair ranks #49,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medida vs medido
Shared letters: deim. Private to "medida": a. Private to "medido": o.
"medida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medida" and "medido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "medida" or "medido"?
After this comparison
Pair "medida" vs "medido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "medida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medida" and "medido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medido vs melado". 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 #49,997 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.