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“meigo” and “mero” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#12,105
“mero” frequency rank
36823
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo mero
Definition bondoso, amável simples

Letter map: meigo vs mero

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

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
mero

Spelling & dictionary notes on meigo vs mero

meigo and mero 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 36823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. mero is at rank #12,105, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɛ.ɾu/.

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 36823, this pair ranks #29,903 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs mero

Shared letters: emo. Private to "meigo": gi. Private to "mero": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • mero ← emro · meor · merro · mmero · mreo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meigo" and "mero" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "meigo" vs "mero" - which ranks higher?
"mero" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,105 in our Portuguese list, against #24,718 for "meigo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mero" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,903 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "mero" 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 #29,903 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