mortovsmuitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: morto is a adjective, muito is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,096
“morto” frequency rank
#39
“muito” frequency rank
1135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature morto muito
Definition que deixou de viver em alto grau

Letter map: morto vs muito

Shared letters muted; letters that set morto and muito apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
morto
5 ch
muito

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morto is anadjective and muitoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

morto is recorded at frequency rank #1,096, 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 1135, this pair ranks #74,481 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of morto vs muito

Shared letters: mot. Private to "morto": r. Private to "muito": iu.

"morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "muito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mortommorto · morot · morrto · mortto · motro · mroto · omrto
  • muitomiuto · mmuito · muiot · muitto · mutio · umito

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "morto" and "muito" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "morto" is an adjective and "muito" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "morto" or "muito"?
"muito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39 in our Portuguese list, against #1,096 for "morto". 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