mui vs muito, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mui” and “muito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,741
“mui” frequency rank: #39
“muito” frequency rank: 23780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mui	muito
Definition	em alto grau	em alto grau

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set mui and muito apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

mui

5 ch

muito

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. mui (/ˈmũj/) 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 extra letter(s) - “mui” sits inside “muito”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mui is recorded at frequency rank #23,741, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈmũj/. 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 23780, this pair ranks #45,970 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mui vs muito

Shared letters: imu. Private to "mui": -. Private to "muito": ot.

"mui" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "muito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequency comparison

mui#23,741

muito#39

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They are said differently (/ˈmũj/ versus /ˈmũj.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

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

"muito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39 in our Portuguese list, against #23,741 for "mui". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering mui vs muito

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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