Which to use
“medidor” is a noun and “médio” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,721
- “medidor” frequency rank
- #994
- “médio” frequency rank
- 23715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidor | médio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | instrumento para medir algo | que está a meio caminho entre dois extremos |
Letter map: medidor vs médio
Shared letters muted; letters that set medidor and médio apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. medidor runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against médio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: medidor vs médio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medidor is anoun and médioanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medidor is recorded at frequency rank #22,721, classified as anoun. médio is at rank #994, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɛ.dju/.
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 23715, this pair ranks #46,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medidor vs médio
Shared letters: dimo. Private to "medidor": er. Private to "médio": é.
"medidor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "médio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- medidor ← emdidor · mdeidor · meddidor · meddior · mediddor · medidorr · medidro · mediodr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medidor" and "médio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "medidor" or "médio" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "medidor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "médio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidor" and "médio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediar vs medidor". 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 #46,060 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.