Which to use
“munição” and “mutação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,791
- “munição” frequency rank
- #13,796
- “mutação” frequency rank
- 22587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | munição | mutação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de cartuchos necessários ou disponíveis para uma arma ou uma ação qualquer em que serão usadas armas de fogo | mudança na sequência dos nucleotídeos do material genético de um organismo |
Where the eye mixes munição and mutação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. munição and mutação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses munição with mutação
A purely visual mix-up. munição (/mu.ni.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and mutação (/mu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
munição is recorded at frequency rank #8,791, classified as anoun, pronounced /mu.ni.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. mutação is at rank #13,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mu.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 22587, this pair ranks #47,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of munição vs mutação
Shared letters: mouãç. Private to "munição": in. Private to "mutação": at.
"munição" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mutação" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "munição" and "mutação" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "munição" vs "mutação" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "munição" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "munição" and "mutação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monção vs munição". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #47,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.