meigovsmeinTell them apart

Quick tell: meigo is a adjective, mein is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meigo” is an adjective and “mein” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#36,545
“mein” frequency rank
61263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo mein
Definition bondoso, amável meu, minha, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do singular:

Letter map: meigo vs mein

Shared letters muted; letters that set meigo and mein apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meigo runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mein's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
mein

Grammar separator: meigo vs mein

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and meinapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. mein is at rank #36,545, tagged as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 61263, this pair ranks #7,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs mein

Shared letters: eim. Private to "meigo": go. Private to "mein": n.

"meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • mein ← emin · meinn · meni · mmein

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meigo" and "mein" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "mein" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "meigo" or "mein"?
"meigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,718 in our Portuguese list, against #36,545 for "mein". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "meigo" and "mein". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mein" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "mein" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mein 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 #7,222 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list