Which to use
“médio” is an adjective and “melão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #994
- “médio” frequency rank
- #17,854
- “melão” frequency rank
- 18848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médio | melão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está a meio caminho entre dois extremos | o fruto do meloeiro, Cucumis melo |
Where the eye mixes médio and melão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. médio and melão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: médio vs melão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: médio is /ˈmɛ.dju/ while melão is /mɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médio is recorded at frequency rank #994, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɛ.dju/. melão is at rank #17,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 18848, this pair ranks #52,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médio vs melão
Shared letters: mo. Private to "médio": dié. Private to "melão": elã.
"médio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "melão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "médio" and "melão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "médio" or "melão"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "médio" and "melão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "médio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médio" and "melão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs melão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #52,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.