Which to use
“mental” is an adjective and “metas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,091
- “mental” frequency rank
- #6,791
- “metas” frequency rank
- 9882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mental | metas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é relativo à mente | plural de meta |
Where the eye mixes mental and metas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mental runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against metas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mental and metas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mental is /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/ while metas is /ˈmɛ.tɐs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mental is recorded at frequency rank #3,091, classified as anadj, pronounced /mẽ.ˈtaɫ/. metas is at rank #6,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.tɐs/.
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 9882, this pair ranks #63,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mental vs metas
Shared letters: aemt. Private to "mental": ln. Private to "metas": s.
"mental" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "metas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mental" for "metas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mental" or "metas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mental" and "metas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mental" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mental" and "metas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mens vs metas". 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 #63,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.