Which to use
“melado” and “mercado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,950
- “melado” frequency rank
- #759
- “mercado” frequency rank
- 47709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melado | mercado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa | local ou evento público onde mercadorias são negociadas |
Letter map: melado vs mercado
Shared letters muted; letters that set melado and mercado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. melado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mercado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - melado / mercado
melado and mercado 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 47709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melado is recorded at frequency rank #46,950, classified as anoun. mercado is at rank #759, tagged as anoun, pronounced /meɹ.ˈka.du/.
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 47709, this pair ranks #17,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melado vs mercado
Shared letters: ademo. Private to "melado": l. Private to "mercado": cr.
"melado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mercado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "melado" and "mercado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "melado" or "mercado"?
What to do next
Pair "melado" vs "mercado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "melado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mercado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melado" and "mercado" 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 #17,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.