Which to use
“melado” and “metade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,950
- “melado” frequency rank
- #1,016
- “metade” frequency rank
- 47966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melado | metade |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caldo grosso de cana-de-açúcar ou rapadura dissolvida e que é usado como sobremesa | uma das duas partes iguais de um todo |
Letter map: melado vs metade
Shared letters muted; letters that set melado and metade apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. melado and metade follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: melado and metade
melado and metade 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melado is recorded at frequency rank #46,950, classified as anoun. metade is at rank #1,016, 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 47966, this pair ranks #17,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melado vs metade
Shared letters: adem. Private to "melado": lo. Private to "metade": t.
"melado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "metade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "melado" and "metade" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "melado" or "metade" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "melado" and "metade".
- Full dictionary entry for "melado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melado" and "metade" 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 #17,256 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.