medidavsmedidoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: medida is a noun, medido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set medida and medido apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
medida
6 ch
medido

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

  • medida ← emdida · mdeida · meddia · meddida · mediad · medidda · meidda · mmedida
  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido

Frequency comparison

medida#1,014
medido#19,494

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "medida" and "medido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medida" is a noun and "medido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "medida" or "medido"?
"medida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,014 in our Portuguese list, against #19,494 for "medido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering medida vs medido

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “medida”; for an adjective, it's “medido”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “medida” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list