Museum

/muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)

//muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)/ noun

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The verdict

“Museum” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #18,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,653
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,261
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - museu.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Museum vs museu
67% similar

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

Key facts for Museum
PropertyValue
HeadwordMuseum
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,653
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Museum” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Museum lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Museum (IPA /muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,653 among 2,261 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "museu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Museum, with forms such as "mmuseum", "msueum", and "muesum". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "museu", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Museum, spelled M-U-S-E-U-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    museu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmuseum
  • msueum
  • muesum
  • musemu
  • museumm
  • musseum
  • musuem
  • umseum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Museum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmuseum1msueum2muesum2musemu2museumm1musseum1musuem2umseum2
Edit distance from "Museum"

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 "Museum"?
"Museum" is spelled M-U-S-E-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is /muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "Museum" mean?
As a noun, "Museum" means: museu.
What words are commonly confused with "Museum"?
"Museum" is commonly confused with "museu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Museum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Museum" is /muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Museum" come from?
"Museum" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Museum”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-U-S-E-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /muˈzeːʊm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “museu” - see the side-by-side comparison. Museum vs museu
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list