memovsmeshTell them apart

Quick tell: memo is a adverb, mesh is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“memo” is an adverb and “mesh” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,681
“memo” frequency rank
#43,032
“mesh” frequency rank
78713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature memo mesh
Definition mesmo interstício

Letter map: memo vs mesh

Shared letters muted; letters that set memo and mesh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. memo (CVCV) and mesh (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
memo
4 ch
mesh

Role in the sentence - memo and mesh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: memo is anadverb and meshanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

memo is recorded at frequency rank #35,681, classified as anadv. mesh is at rank #43,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛʃ/.

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 78713, this pair ranks #1,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of memo vs mesh

Shared letters: em. Private to "memo": o. Private to "mesh": hs.

"memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mesh" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
  • mesh ← emsh · mehs · meshh · messh · mmesh · mseh

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "memo" for "mesh" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "memo" is an adverb and "mesh" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "memo" vs "mesh" - which ranks higher?
"memo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,681 in our Portuguese list, against #43,032 for "mesh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "memo" and "mesh". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "memo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mesh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "memo" and "mesh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesh vs muso". 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 #1,621 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