medidovsmedirWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: medido is a adjective, medir is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

6 ch
medido
5 ch
medir

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

  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
  • medir ← emdir · mdeir · meddir · medirr · medri · meidr · mmedir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "medir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medido" is an adjective and "medir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "medido" vs "medir" - which ranks higher?
"medir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,434 in our Portuguese list, against #19,494 for "medido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list