meigovsmemoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: meigo is a adjective, memo is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#35,681
“memo” frequency rank
60399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo memo
Definition bondoso, amável mesmo

Letter map: meigo vs memo

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

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
memo

Grammar separator: meigo vs memo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and memoanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. memo is at rank #35,681, tagged as anadv.

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 60399, this pair ranks #7,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs memo

Shared letters: emo. Private to "meigo": gi. Private to "memo": -.

"meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meigo" and "memo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "memo" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "meigo" or "memo" show up more?
"meigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,718 in our Portuguese list, against #35,681 for "memo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "meigo" vs "memo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs muso". 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 #7,674 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