medidovsmendigoTell them apart

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

Which to use

“medido” is an adjective and “mendigo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,494
“medido” frequency rank
#14,185
“mendigo” frequency rank
33679
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido mendigo
Definition calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular aquele que vive de pedir esmolas

Letter map: medido vs mendigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and mendigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. medido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mendigo's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
medido
7 ch
mendigo

Part-of-speech tell for medido / mendigo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medido is anadjective and mendigoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. mendigo is at rank #14,185, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mẽ.ˈʤi.gu/.

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 33679, this pair ranks #33,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs mendigo

Shared letters: deimo. Private to "medido": -. Private to "mendigo": gn.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mendigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
  • mendigo ← emndigo · mednigo · menddigo · mendgio · mendiggo · mendiog · menidgo · menndigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "mendigo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medido" is an adjective and "mendigo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "medido" or "mendigo"?
"mendigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,185 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

Pair "medido" vs "mendigo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mendigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,757 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "mendigo" 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 #33,757 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