Which to use
“meet” is a verb and “mês” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,160
- “meet” frequency rank
- #444
- “mês” frequency rank
- 15604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meet | mês |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | encontrar alguém; conhecer alguém | cada uma das doze partes em que se divide o ano |
Where the eye mixes meet and mês
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: meet vs mês
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meet is /miːt/ while mês is /ˈmeʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meet is recorded at frequency rank #15,160, classified as averb, pronounced /miːt/. mês is at rank #444, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmeʃ/.
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 15604, this pair ranks #56,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meet vs mês
Shared letters: m. Private to "meet": et. Private to "mês": sê.
"meet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mês" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meet ← emet · meett · met · mete · mmeet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meet" for "mês" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "meet" or "mês" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "meet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mês" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meet" and "mês" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meet vs mens". 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 #56,172 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.