meta vs metade, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“meta” and “metade” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,523
“meta” frequency rank: #1,016
“metade” frequency rank: 3539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	meta	metade
Definition	alvo, objetivo	uma das duas partes iguais de um todo

Letter map: meta vs metade

Shared letters muted; letters that set meta and metade apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

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Pair insight - meta / metade

meta and metade are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “meta” sits inside “metade”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meta is recorded at frequency rank #2,523, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛ.tɐ/. metade is at rank #1,016, 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 3539, this pair ranks #71,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of meta vs metade

Shared letters: aemt. Private to "meta": -. Private to "metade": d.

"meta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "metade" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

meta ← emta · meat · metta · mmeta · mtea
metade ← emtade · meatde · metadde · metaed · metdae · mettade · mmetade · mteade

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meta" and "metade" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “meta” sits inside “metade”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "meta" vs "metade" - which ranks higher?

"metade" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,016 in our Portuguese list, against #2,523 for "meta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meta" and "metade".

Full dictionary entry for "meta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "metade" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #71,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"meta" and "metade" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs meta". 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 #71,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.