Which to use
“memo” is an adverb and “meu” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- #46
- “meu” frequency rank
- 35727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | memo | meu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mesmo | de posse da primeira pessoa do singular (eu); pertencente a mim |
Letter map: memo vs meu
Shared letters muted; letters that set memo and meu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. memo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against meu's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for memo / meu
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: memo is anadverb and meuapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
memo is recorded at frequency rank #35,681, classified as anadv. meu is at rank #46, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈmew/.
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 35727, this pair ranks #31,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of memo vs meu
Shared letters: em. Private to "memo": o. Private to "meu": u.
"memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "memo" and "meu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "memo" or "meu"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "memo" and "meu".
- Full dictionary entry for "memo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "memo" and "meu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo 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 #31,274 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.