mimadavsminadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mimada is a noun, minado is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mimada” is a noun and “minado” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,725
“mimada” frequency rank
#38,375
“minado” frequency rank
61100
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mimada minado
Definition carícia, afago, mimo que tem minas terrestres

Letter map: mimada vs minado

Shared letters muted; letters that set mimada and minado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
mimada
6 ch
minado

Part-of-speech tell for mimada / minado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mimada is anoun and minadoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61100, 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/. minado is at rank #38,375, tagged as anadv.

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 61100, this pair ranks #7,312 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mimada vs minado

Shared letters: adim. Private to "mimada": -. Private to "minado": no.

"mimada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "minado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mimadaimmada · miamda · mimaad · mimadda · mimdaa · mimmada · mmiada · mmimada
  • minadoimnado · miando · minaddo · minaod · mindao · minnado · mminado · mniado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mimada" and "minado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mimada" is a noun and "minado" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mimada" or "minado"?
"mimada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,725 in our Portuguese list, against #38,375 for "minado". 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 "mimada" and "minado". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mimada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "minado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,312 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mimada" and "minado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs minado". 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 #7,312 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