mêsvsmyWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mês is a noun, my is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mês” is a noun and “my” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#444
“mês” frequency rank
#1,440
“my” frequency rank
1884
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mês my
Definition cada uma das doze partes em que se divide o ano nós

Letter map: mês vs my

Shared letters muted; letters that set mês and my apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
mês
2 ch
my

Part-of-speech tell for mês / my

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mês is anoun and myapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mês is recorded at frequency rank #444, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmeʃ/. my is at rank #1,440, tagged as apron.

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 1884, this pair ranks #73,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mês vs my

Shared letters: m. Private to "mês": . Private to "my": y.

"mês" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "my" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mês" and "my" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mês" is a noun and "my" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mês" vs "my" - which ranks higher?
"mês" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #444 in our Portuguese list, against #1,440 for "my". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mês" and "my". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mês" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "my" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mês" and "my" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs my". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #73,643 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list