mutilar
/mu.ti.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“mutilar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,325 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,325
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,087
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cortar um membro ou parte dele a
Corpus desk
Index PT-mutilar · mutilar · Portuguese
mutilar · rank #68,325 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,325
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,087
- PHOTO-FINISH mufti
Nearest frequency peer: mufti (-2 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 “mutilar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mufti
mufti
31,678 corpus weight
- mutilar
mutilar
31,676 corpus weight
- noisy
noisy
31,660 corpus weight
- oblíqua
oblíqua
31,658 corpus weight
- outsider
outsider
31,652 corpus weight
- pachorra
pachorra
31,651 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mutilar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mutilar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mu.ti.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,325 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “mutilar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
mutilar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,325 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mu.ti.ˈlaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mutilar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is mutilar, spelled M-U-T-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1cortar um membro ou parte dele a
- 2privar de um membro
- 3remover muitas partes
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mutilar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A emissora de TV mutilou a série antes de pôr no ar.
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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