Which to use
“mim” is a pronoun and “mirim” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #113
- “mim” frequency rank
- #12,289
- “mirim” frequency rank
- 12402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mim | mirim |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso oblíquo do pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa, usado após preposições (a, ante, após, até, contra, de, desde, entre, para, por, sem, sobre) | destinado a crianças |
Letter map: mim vs mirim
Shared letters muted; letters that set mim and mirim apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for mim / mirim
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mim is apronoun and mirimanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mim is recorded at frequency rank #113, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈmĩ/. mirim is at rank #12,289, tagged as anadj.
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 12402, this pair ranks #60,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mim vs mirim
Shared letters: im. Private to "mim": -. Private to "mirim": r.
"mim" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mirim" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mirim ← imrim · miirm · mirimm · mirmi · mirrim · mmirim · mriim
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mim" and "mirim" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mim" or "mirim" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "mim" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mirim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mim" and "mirim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirim vs mirra". 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 #60,202 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.