Which to use
“meigo” is an adjective and “melão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,718
- “meigo” frequency rank
- #17,854
- “melão” frequency rank
- 42572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meigo | melão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bondoso, amável | o fruto do meloeiro, Cucumis melo |
Letter map: meigo vs melão
Shared letters muted; letters that set meigo and melão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meigo (CVVCV) and melão (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - meigo and melão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and melãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. melão is at rank #17,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 42572, this pair ranks #23,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meigo vs melão
Shared letters: emo. Private to "meigo": gi. Private to "melão": lã.
"meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "melão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meigo" for "melão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "meigo" vs "melão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meigo" and "melão".
- Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meigo" and "melão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meigo 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 #23,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.