meigovsminoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#27,177
“mino” frequency rank
51895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo mino
Definition bondoso, amável forma masculina de mina: rapaz

Letter map: meigo vs mino

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

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
mino

Role in the sentence - meigo and mino

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and minoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. mino is at rank #27,177, tagged as anoun.

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 51895, this pair ranks #13,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs mino

Shared letters: imo. Private to "meigo": eg. Private to "mino": n.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigo ← emigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • mino ← imno · minno · mion · mmino · mnio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "meigo" for "mino" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "mino" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "meigo" or "mino"?
"meigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,718 in our Portuguese list, against #27,177 for "mino". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meigo" and "mino".

  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "mino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mino 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 #13,211 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