mui
/ˈmũj/
The verdict
“mui” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,741 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #23,741
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - em alto grau
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mui |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈmũj/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #23,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mui” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for mui is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmũj/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,741 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "em alto grau".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mui, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "muro", "must", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is mui, spelled M-U-I.
Definition
- 1em alto grau
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mui”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-U-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmũj/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “my” - see the side-by-side comparison. mui vs my
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.