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 |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular | conjunto de características que distinguem algo ou alguém como bom e apreciável: |
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.
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?
Which is more common, "medido" or "mérito"?
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.