Which to use
“mente” is a noun and “meter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #990
- “mente” frequency rank
- #3,705
- “meter” frequency rank
- 4695
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mente | meter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto das ideias e convicções de uma pessoa; o resultado do trabalho cerebral de uma pessoal, intangível mas perceptível em sua forma de raciocinar | introduzir; fazer entrar |
Where the eye mixes mente and meter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mente vs meter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mente is /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ while meter is /mɨ.ˈteɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mente is recorded at frequency rank #990, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/. meter is at rank #3,705, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɨ.ˈteɾ/.
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 4695, this pair ranks #70,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mente vs meter
Shared letters: emt. Private to "mente": n. Private to "meter": r.
"mente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mente" for "meter" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mente" or "meter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mente" and "meter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mente" and "meter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mens vs mente". 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 #70,127 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.