Which to use
“merda” is an intj and “mesada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #436
- “merda” frequency rank
- #27,935
- “mesada” frequency rank
- 28371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merda | mesada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | utilizado antes de um ator entrar no palco: boa sorte; boa apresentação | dinheiro recebido todo mês, geralmente dado de pais para filhos, para que estes aprendam como manejar dinheiro (aprender a economizar, etc). |
Letter map: merda vs mesada
Shared letters muted; letters that set merda and mesada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for merda / mesada
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: merda is anintj and mesadaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merda is recorded at frequency rank #436, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈmɛɾ.dɐ/. mesada is at rank #27,935, tagged as anoun.
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 28371, this pair ranks #40,445 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of merda vs mesada
Shared letters: adem. Private to "merda": r. Private to "mesada": s.
"merda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mesada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "merda" and "mesada". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "merda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,445 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "merda" and "mesada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs mesada". 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 #40,445 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.