Which to use
“mit” and “muito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,791
- “mit” frequency rank
- #39
- “muito” frequency rank
- 13830
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mit | muito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | também | em alto grau |
Where the eye mixes mit and muito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. mit (/mɪt/) and muito (/ˈmũj.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13830, 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/. muito is at rank #39, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈmũj.tu/.
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 13830, this pair ranks #58,394 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mit vs muito
Shared letters: imt. Private to "mit": -. Private to "muito": ou.
"mit" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "muito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- muito ← miuto · mmuito · muiot · muitto · mutio · umito