maa vs mui, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“maa” is a noun and “mui” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,525
“maa” frequency rank: #23,741
“mui” frequency rank: 72266
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	maa	mui
Definition	chão, solo	em alto grau

Letter map: maa vs mui

Shared letters muted; letters that set maa and mui apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. maa and mui follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch

maa

3 ch

mui

Grammar separator: maa vs mui

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maa is anoun and muianadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maa is recorded at frequency rank #48,525, classified as anoun. mui is at rank #23,741, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈmũj/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 72266, this pair ranks #3,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maa vs mui

Shared letters: m. Private to "maa": a. Private to "mui": iu.

"maa" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "mui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "maa" for "mui" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maa" is a noun and "mui" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "maa" or "mui" show up more?

"mui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,741 in our Portuguese list, against #48,525 for "maa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "maa" and "mui". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "maa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #3,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"maa" and "mui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs malva". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #3,107 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.