mitvsmostConfusable pair

Which to use

“mit” and “most” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,791
“mit” frequency rank
#13,567
“most” frequency rank
27358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mit most
Definition também muito

Letter map: mit vs most

Shared letters muted; letters that set mit and most apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
mit
4 ch
most

Corpus notes: mit and most

mit and most are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mit is recorded at frequency rank #13,791, classified as anadv, pronounced /mɪt/. most is at rank #13,567, tagged as anadv.

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 27358, this pair ranks #41,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mit vs most

Shared letters: mt. Private to "mit": i. Private to "most": os.

"mit" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "most" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mostmmost · mosst · mostt · mots · msot · omst

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mit" for "most" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mit" vs "most" - which ranks higher?
"most" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,567 in our Portuguese list, against #13,791 for "mit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mit" vs "most" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "most" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mit" and "most" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maa vs mit". 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 #41,621 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