mudar

//mu.ˈdaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#620

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

mudar is aPortugueseverb. It means: transferir de um lugar para outro Pronounced /mu.ˈdaɾ/. It ranks #620 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with mula and mural.

Key facts for mudar
PropertyValue
Headwordmudar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/mu.ˈdaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#620
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mudar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mudar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /mu.ˈdaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #620 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for mudar, with forms such as "mduar", "mmudar", and "muadr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mula", "mural", "murder", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is mudar, spelled M-U-D-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    transferir de um lugar para outro
  2. 2
    dispor de outro modo
  3. 3
    desviar
  4. 4
    variar
  5. 5
    substituir
  6. 6
    alterar
  7. 7
    modificar
  8. 8
    transformar
  9. 9
    ir viver em outro lugar
  10. 10
    tomar outro aspecto
  11. 11
    ir viver em outro lugar

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mduar,mmudar,muadr,mudarr,muddar,mudra,umdar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mudar

Misspelling Variants of "mudar"

mduar5mmudar6muadr5mudarr6muddar6mudra5umdar5
Misspelling Variants of "mudar"

Frequency rank: #620 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mudar"?
"mudar" is spelled M-U-D-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /mu.ˈdaɾ/.
What does "mudar" mean?
As a verb, "mudar" means: transferir de um lugar para outro
What words are commonly confused with "mudar"?
"mudar" is commonly confused with "mula", "mural", "murder". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mudar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mudar" is /mu.ˈdaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mudar" come from?
"mudar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.