medidovsmeigoConfusable pair

Which to use

“medido” and “meigo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,494
“medido” frequency rank
#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
44212
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido meigo
Definition calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular bondoso, amável

Letter map: medido vs meigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and meigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. medido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against meigo's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
medido
5 ch
meigo

Corpus notes: medido and meigo

medido and meigo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. meigo is at rank #24,718, 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 44212, this pair ranks #21,308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs meigo

Shared letters: eimo. Private to "medido": d. Private to "meigo": g.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "medido" for "meigo" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "medido" vs "meigo" - which ranks higher?
"medido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,494 in our Portuguese list, against #24,718 for "meigo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "medido" and "meigo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,308 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "meigo" 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 #21,308 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