mitvsmuitoWhat's the difference?

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.

3 ch
mit
5 ch
muito

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

  • muitomiuto · mmuito · muiot · muitto · mutio · umito

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mit" and "muito" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/mɪt/ versus /ˈmũj.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mit" or "muito"?
"muito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39 in our Portuguese list, against #13,791 for "mit". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list