Which to use
“mimada” and “mímica” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,725
- “mimada” frequency rank
- #44,989
- “mímica” frequency rank
- 67714
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mimada | mímica |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | carícia, afago, mimo | arte de exprimir o pensamento por meio de gestos |
Where the eye mixes mimada and mímica
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mimada and mímica follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mimada with mímica
A purely visual mix-up. mimada (/mi.'ma.dɐ/) and mímica (/ˈmi.mi.kɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mimada is recorded at frequency rank #22,725, classified as anoun, pronounced /mi.'ma.dɐ/. mímica is at rank #44,989, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmi.mi.kɐ/.
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 67714, this pair ranks #4,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mimada vs mímica
Shared letters: aim. Private to "mimada": d. Private to "mímica": cí.
"mimada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mímica" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mimada ← immada · miamda · mimaad · mimadda · mimdaa · mimmada · mmiada · mmimada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mimada" for "mímica" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "mimada" or "mímica" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mimada" and "mímica" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mimada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mímica" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mimada" and "mímica" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mica vs mímica". 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 #4,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.