Which to use
“medido” and “moído” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,494
- “medido” frequency rank
- #40,251
- “moído” frequency rank
- 59745
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medido | moído |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | calculado; que se conseguiu medir, mensurar, calcular | que se moeu |
Letter map: medido vs moído
Shared letters muted; letters that set medido and moído apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. medido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against moído's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - medido / moído
medido and moído 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 59745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medido is recorded at frequency rank #19,494, classified as anadj. moído is at rank #40,251, 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 59745, this pair ranks #8,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medido vs moído
Shared letters: dmo. Private to "medido": ei. Private to "moído": í.
"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · meddio · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medido" for "moído" ever safe?
Which is more common, "medido" or "moído"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "medido" and "moído".
- Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medido" and "moído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mogno vs moído". 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 #8,029 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.