Which to use
“memo” is an adverb and “mo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,681
- “memo” frequency rank
- #4,745
- “mo” frequency rank
- 40426
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | memo | mo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mesmo | combinação de me (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono) e o (pronome pessoal oblíquo átono, pronome demonstrativo masculino ou pronome demonstrativo neutro) |
Letter map: memo vs mo
Shared letters muted; letters that set memo and mo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: memo vs mo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: memo is anadverb and moapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mo” sits inside “memo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
memo is recorded at frequency rank #35,681, classified as anadv. mo is at rank #4,745, tagged as apron, pronounced /mo/.
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 40426, this pair ranks #25,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of memo vs mo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "memo": e. Private to "mo": -.
"memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mo" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "memo" for "mo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "memo" or "mo"?
What to do next
You've compared "memo" and "mo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "memo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "memo" and "mo" 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 #25,702 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.