Which to use
“médio” is an adjective and “memo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #994
- “médio” frequency rank
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- 36675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médio | memo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está a meio caminho entre dois extremos | mesmo |
Letter map: médio vs memo
Shared letters muted; letters that set médio and memo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. médio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against memo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for médio / memo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: médio is anadjective and memoanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36675, 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/. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.
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 36675, this pair ranks #30,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médio vs memo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "médio": dié. Private to "memo": e.
"médio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "médio" and "memo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "médio" or "memo"?
After this comparison
You've compared "médio" and "memo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "médio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médio" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs muso". 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 #30,075 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.