mantovsmutoTell them apart

Quick tell: manto is a noun, muto is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“manto” is a noun and “muto” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,079
“manto” frequency rank
#43,549
“muto” frequency rank
51628
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manto muto
Definition capa de grande cauda e roda, presa aos ombros, usado por soberanos, príncipes, cavaleiros de ordens militares etc., em cerimônias solenes mudar algo de sítio, remover.

Letter map: manto vs muto

Shared letters muted; letters that set manto and muto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. manto runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against muto's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
manto
4 ch
muto

Grammar separator: manto vs muto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: manto is anoun and mutoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51628, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manto is recorded at frequency rank #8,079, classified as anoun. muto is at rank #43,549, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmuː.toː/.

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 51628, this pair ranks #13,453 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manto vs muto

Shared letters: mot. Private to "manto": an. Private to "muto": u.

"manto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "muto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manto ← amnto · mannto · manot · mantto · matno · mmanto · mnato
  • muto ← mmuto · mtuo · muot · mutto · umto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manto" for "muto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manto" is a noun and "muto" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "manto" or "muto"?
"manto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,079 in our Portuguese list, against #43,549 for "muto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "manto" and "muto".

  • Full dictionary entry for "manto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,453 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manto" and "muto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muso vs muto". 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 #13,453 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list