meigovsmetroTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#4,246
“metro” frequency rank
28964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo metro
Definition bondoso, amável medida que regula a quantidade de sílabas de cada verso

Letter map: meigo vs metro

Shared letters muted; letters that set meigo and metro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meigo (CVVCV) and metro (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
meigo
5 ch
metro

Part-of-speech tell for meigo / metro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and metroanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. metro is at rank #4,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.tɾu/.

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 28964, this pair ranks #39,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs metro

Shared letters: emo. Private to "meigo": gi. Private to "metro": rt.

"meigo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "metro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • metro ← emtro · merto · metor · metrro · mettro · mmetro · mtero

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meigo" and "metro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "metro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "meigo" or "metro"?
"metro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,246 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

Pair "meigo" vs "metro" 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 "metro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "metro" 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 #39,781 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