Which to use
“medida” and “medium” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,014
- “medida” frequency rank
- #27,932
- “medium” frequency rank
- 28946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medida | medium |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | determinada grandeza que serve de padrão para avaliar outra | meio |
Where the eye mixes medida and medium
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: medida vs medium
A purely visual mix-up. medida (/mɨ.ˈdi.dɐ/) and medium (/ˈmiːdɪəm/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28946, 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/. 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 28946, this pair ranks #39,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medida vs medium
Shared letters: deim. Private to "medida": a. Private to "medium": u.
"medida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medium" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "medida" and "medium" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "medida" vs "medium" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "medida" and "medium" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "medida" 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 #39,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medida" 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 #39,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.