Which to use
“medir” is a verb and “mir” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,434
- “medir” frequency rank
- #17,334
- “mir” frequency rank
- 24768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medir | mir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ter como medida | milho |
Letter map: medir vs mir
Shared letters muted; letters that set medir and mir apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. medir runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mir's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for medir / mir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: medir is averb and miranoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medir is recorded at frequency rank #7,434, classified as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈdiɾ/. mir is at rank #17,334, tagged as anoun.
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 24768, this pair ranks #44,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medir vs mir
Shared letters: imr. Private to "medir": de. Private to "mir": -.
"medir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mir" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medir ← emdir · mdeir · meddir · medirr · medri · meidr · mmedir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medir" for "mir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "medir" or "mir"?
What to do next
You've compared "medir" and "mir". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "medir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medir" and "mir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mir vs mirra". 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 #44,736 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.