Which to use
“magro” is an adjective and “muro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,924
- “magro” frequency rank
- #4,664
- “muro” frequency rank
- 15588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magro | muro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não gordo, não cheio de carnes | construção comumente usada para separar terrenos |
Letter map: magro vs muro
Shared letters muted; letters that set magro and muro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for magro / muro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magro is anadjective and muroanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magro is recorded at frequency rank #10,924, classified as anadj. muro is at rank #4,664, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmu.ɾu/.
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 15588, this pair ranks #56,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magro vs muro
Shared letters: mor. Private to "magro": ag. Private to "muro": u.
"magro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "muro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magro" and "muro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "magro" vs "muro" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "magro" and "muro". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "magro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magro" and "muro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magro vs malho". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #56,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.