mural

noun

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The verdict

“mural” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,686. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,686
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obra artística em parede

Corpus desk

Index PT-mural · mural · Portuguese

mural · rank #11,686 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,686
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH multimídia

Nearest frequency peer: multimídia (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “mural”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “mural” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mural vs muro
60% similar
mural vs murro
60% similar
mural vs muralha
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mural
PropertyValue
Headwordmural
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,686
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “mural”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).muralcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “multimídia” (#11,685), “máfia” (#11,687), “morning” (#11,682). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mural” fica em #11,686. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mural, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,686 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "obra artística em parede".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mural, with forms such as "mmural", "mrual", and "muarl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "muro", "murro", "muralha", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is mural, spelled M-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    obra artística em parede

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mural appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «O artista plástico pintou um mural impressionante na fachada do novo museu.»

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmural
  • mrual
  • muarl
  • murall
  • murla
  • murral
  • umral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mural - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmural1mrual2muarl2murall1murla2murral1umral2
Edit distance from "mural"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mural"?
"mural" is spelled M-U-R-A-L.
What does "mural" mean?
As a noun, "mural" means: obra artística em parede
What words are commonly confused with "mural"?
"mural" is commonly confused with "muro", "murro", "muralha". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mural" come from?
"mural" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mural", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

máfia#11,687panda#11,699Ivete#11,660genro#11,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

sumir7 variantswoman7 variantsazeite7 variantssugar7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list