mutar
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
- mastite
mastite
3,059 corpus weight
- metonímia
metonímia
3,050 corpus weight
- Moyses
Moyses
3,024 corpus weight
- mutar
mutar
3,014 corpus weight
- móbile
móbile
3,011 corpus weight
- nemi
nemi
3,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mutar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mutar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mutar” em português
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
- 1emudecer, silenciar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mutar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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