medidovsméritoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#19,494
“medido” frequency rank
#5,324
“mérito” frequency rank
24818
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido mérito
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Letter map: medido vs mérito

Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and mérito apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. medido and mérito follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
medido
6 ch
mérito

Grammar separator: medido vs mérito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medido is anadjective and méritoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. mérito is at rank #5,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/.

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 24818, this pair ranks #44,673 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs mérito

Shared letters: imo. Private to "medido": de. Private to "mérito": rté.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mérito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "mérito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medido" is an adjective and "mérito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "medido" or "mérito"?
"mérito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,324 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 "mérito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mérito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,673 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "mérito" 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 #44,673 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