Which to use
“medo” and “moído” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #379
- “medo” frequency rank
- #40,251
- “moído” frequency rank
- 40630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medo | moído |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que pertence ou se refere à Média | que se moeu |
Letter map: medo vs moído
Shared letters muted; letters that set medo and moído apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. medo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moído's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: medo and moído
medo 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 40630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medo is recorded at frequency rank #379, classified as anadj, pronounced AFI: /'me.du/. 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 40630, this pair ranks #25,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medo vs moído
Shared letters: dmo. Private to "medo": e. Private to "moído": í.
"medo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- medo ← emdo · mdeo · meddo · meod · mmedo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medo" and "moído" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "medo" or "moído" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "medo" and "moído".
- Full dictionary entry for "medo" 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 #25,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medo" 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 #25,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.