Which to use
“mirar” is a verb and “mural” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,178
- “mirar” frequency rank
- #11,686
- “mural” frequency rank
- 38864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mirar | mural |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | olhar para algo | obra artística em parede |
Letter map: mirar vs mural
Shared letters muted; letters that set mirar and mural apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mirar and mural follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for mirar / mural
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mirar is averb and muralanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mirar is recorded at frequency rank #27,178, classified as averb, pronounced /mi.ˈɾaɾ/. mural is at rank #11,686, tagged as anoun.
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 38864, this pair ranks #27,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mirar vs mural
Shared letters: amr. Private to "mirar": i. Private to "mural": lu.
"mirar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mural" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mirar" for "mural" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mirar" vs "mural" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mirar" and "mural".
- Full dictionary entry for "mirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mural" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mirar" and "mural" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirar vs mirra". 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 #27,511 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.