meigovsmitoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,718
“meigo” frequency rank
#4,250
“mito” frequency rank
28968
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meigo mito
Definition bondoso, amável história maravilhosa sobre deuses, semideuses, heróis e aspectos da vida das pessoas em um passado muito distante

Letter map: meigo vs mito

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

5 ch
meigo
4 ch
mito

Grammar separator: meigo vs mito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meigo is anadjective and mitoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meigo is recorded at frequency rank #24,718, classified as anadj. mito is at rank #4,250, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmi.tu/.

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 28968, this pair ranks #39,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meigo vs mito

Shared letters: imo. Private to "meigo": eg. Private to "mito": t.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meigoemigo · megio · meiggo · meiog · miego · mmeigo
  • mitoimto · miot · mitto · mmito · mtio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "meigo" for "mito" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meigo" is an adjective and "mito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "meigo" or "mito" show up more?
"mito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,250 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "meigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meigo" and "mito" 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 #39,775 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