Which to use
“melado” and “melão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,950
- “melado” frequency rank
- #17,854
- “melão” frequency rank
- 64804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melado | melão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa | o fruto do meloeiro, Cucumis melo |
Letter map: melado vs melão
Shared letters muted; letters that set melado and melão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - melado / melão
melado and melão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melado is recorded at frequency rank #46,950, classified as anoun. melão is at rank #17,854, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɨ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 64804, this pair ranks #5,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melado vs melão
Shared letters: elmo. Private to "melado": ad. Private to "melão": ã.
"melado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "melão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- melado ← emlado · mealdo · meladdo · melaod · meldao · mellado · mleado · mmelado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "melado" and "melão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "melado" vs "melão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "melado" and "melão".
- Full dictionary entry for "melado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melado" and "melão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs minado". 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 #5,627 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.