Which to use
“meio” is an adjective and “men” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #190
- “meio” frequency rank
- #6,318
- “men” frequency rank
- 6508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meio | men |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designativo de metade | pronome indefinido da terceira pessoa do singular, equivalente à partícula "se" |
Letter map: meio vs men
Shared letters muted; letters that set meio and men apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for meio / men
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meio is anadjective and menapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meio is recorded at frequency rank #190, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɐj.u/. men is at rank #6,318, tagged as apron.
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 6508, this pair ranks #67,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meio vs men
Shared letters: em. Private to "meio": io. Private to "men": n.
"meio" · 4 letters · shape CVVV · "men" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meio ← emio · meoi · mieo · mmeio
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meio" and "men" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "meio" or "men" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "meio" and "men". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "meio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "men" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meio" and "men" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs men". 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 #67,913 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.