muso
The verdict
“muso” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #48,023 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,023
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - homem que inspira o bem-querer de outras pessoas por conta de sua boa aparência, belo físico e ademais por vezes também incluindo-se a estes o seu carisma
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 | muso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muso” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for muso is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #48,023 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "homem que inspira o bem-querer de outras pessoas por conta de sua boa aparência, belo físico e ademais por vezes também incluindo-se a estes o seu carisma".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for muso, with forms such as "mmuso", "msuo", and "muos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "must", "muto", "mo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is muso, spelled M-U-S-O.
Definition
- 1homem que inspira o bem-querer de outras pessoas por conta de sua boa aparência, belo físico e ademais por vezes também incluindo-se a estes o seu carisma
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: mmuso,msuo,muos,musso,umso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “muso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is M-U-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “must” - see the side-by-side comparison. muso vs must
- 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.