medidovsmétodoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#19,494
“medido” frequency rank
#2,334
“método” frequency rank
21828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido método
Definition calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular modo ordenado de fazer as coisas, ordem:

Letter map: medido vs método

Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and método apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. medido and método 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
método

Role in the sentence - medido and método

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medido is anadjective and métodoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. método is at rank #2,334, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.tu.du/.

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 21828, this pair ranks #48,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs método

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "medido": ei. Private to "método": té.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "método" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "método" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medido" is an adjective and "método" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "medido" or "método" show up more?
"método" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,334 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "método" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "método" 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 #48,345 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