mussarela

noun

The verdict

“mussarela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,543 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,543
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grafia alternativa de muçarela

Corpus desk

Index PT-mussarela · mussarela · Portuguese

mussarela · rank #54,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,543
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH multimilionár…

Nearest frequency peer: multimilionário (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mussarela”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mussarela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mussarela
PropertyValue
Headwordmussarela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mussarela” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).mussarelacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “multimilionário” (#54,542), “nap” (#54,546), “needle” (#54,551). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mussarela” fica em #54,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mussarela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,543 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "grafia alternativa de muçarela".

Zero misspellings are on record for mussarela in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mussarela, spelled M-U-S-S-A-R-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    grafia alternativa de muçarela

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O governo italiano ordenou nesta sexta-feira, 28, a retirada do mercado do queijo tipo mussarela de 25 produtores da região da Campania.

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 "mussarela"?
"mussarela" is spelled M-U-S-S-A-R-E-L-A.
What does "mussarela" mean?
As a noun, "mussarela" means: grafia alternativa de muçarela
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list