Which to use
“medido” is an adjective and “medir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,494
- “medido” frequency rank
- #7,434
- “medir” frequency rank
- 26928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medido | medir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular | ter como medida |
Letter map: medido vs medir
Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and medir apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. medido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against medir's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for medido / medir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medido is anadjective and mediraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. medir is at rank #7,434, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdiɾ/.
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 26928, this pair ranks #42,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medido vs medir
Shared letters: deim. Private to "medido": o. Private to "medir": r.
"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "medir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medido" and "medir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "medido" vs "medir" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "medido" and "medir".
- Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medido" and "medir" 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 #42,128 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.