mutar

verb

The verdict

“mutar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,987 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,987
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - emudecer, silenciar

Corpus desk

Index PT-mutar · mutar · Portuguese

mutar · rank #96,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,987
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH móbile

Nearest frequency peer: móbile (+3 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 “mutar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mutar
PropertyValue
Headwordmutar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#96,987
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mutar” em português

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “móbile” (#96,990), “Moyses” (#96,977), “nemi” (#97,000). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mutar” fica em #96,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mutar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,987 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "emudecer, silenciar".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mutar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is mutar, spelled M-U-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    emudecer, silenciar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eu vou mutar a TV.

This word in other languages

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 "mutar"?
"mutar" is spelled M-U-T-A-R.
What does "mutar" mean?
As a verb, "mutar" means: emudecer, silenciar
What language does "mutar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list