moído vs muito, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“moído” is an adjective and “muito” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,251
“moído” frequency rank: #39
“muito” frequency rank: 40290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	moído	muito
Definition	que se moeu	em alto grau

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set moído and muito apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

moído

5 ch

muito

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moído is anadjective and muitoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moído is recorded at frequency rank #40,251, classified as anadj. 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 40290, this pair ranks #25,843 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moído vs muito

Shared letters: mo. Private to "moído": dí. Private to "muito": itu.

"moído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "muito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

muito ← miuto · mmuito · muiot · muitto · mutio · umito

Frequency comparison

moído#40,251

muito#39

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "moído" and "muito" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moído" is an adjective and "muito" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "moído" or "muito"?

"muito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39 in our Portuguese list, against #40,251 for "moído". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering moído vs muito

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “moído”; for an adverb, it's “muito”.
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