meigovsmimoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#22,094
“mimo” frequency rank
46812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo mimo
Definition bondoso, amável coisa delicada que dá ou se oferece; presente

Letter map: meigo vs mimo

Shared letters muted; letters that set meigo and mimo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
mimo

Part-of-speech tell for meigo / mimo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and mimoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. mimo is at rank #22,094, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmi.mu/.

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 46812, this pair ranks #18,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs mimo

Shared letters: imo. Private to "meigo": eg. Private to "mimo": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigoemigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • mimoimmo · mimmo · miom · mmimo · mmio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meigo" and "mimo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "mimo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "meigo" or "mimo" show up more?
"mimo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,094 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.

After this comparison

Pair "meigo" vs "mimo" 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 "mimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,491 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "mimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mimo 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 #18,491 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