morto vs muto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,096
“morto” frequency rank: #43,549
“muto” frequency rank: 44645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	morto	muto
Definition	que deixou de viver	mudar algo de sítio, remover.

Letter map: morto vs muto

Shared letters muted; letters that set morto and muto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. morto runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against muto's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch

morto

4 ch

muto

Grammar separator: morto vs muto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: morto is anadjective and mutoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

morto is recorded at frequency rank #1,096, classified as anadj. muto is at rank #43,549, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈmuː.toː/.

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 44645, this pair ranks #20,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of morto vs muto

Shared letters: mot. Private to "morto": r. Private to "muto": u.

"morto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "muto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

morto ← mmorto · morot · morrto · mortto · motro · mroto · omrto
muto ← mmuto · mtuo · muot · mutto · umto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "morto" and "muto" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Which is more common, "morto" or "muto"?

"morto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,096 in our Portuguese list, against #43,549 for "muto". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "morto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "muto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #20,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"morto" and "muto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muso vs muto". 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 #20,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.