muralvsmurroWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#11,686
“mural” frequency rank
#17,335
“murro” frequency rank
29021
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mural murro
Definition obra artística em parede pancada desferida com a mão fechada

Letter map: mural vs murro

Shared letters muted; letters that set mural and murro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
mural
5 ch
murro

Corpus notes: mural and murro

mural and murro are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mural is recorded at frequency rank #11,686, classified as anoun. murro is at rank #17,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmu.Ru/.

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 29021, this pair ranks #39,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mural vs murro

Shared letters: mru. Private to "mural": al. Private to "murro": o.

"mural" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "murro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muralmmural · mrual · muarl · murall · murla · murral · umral
  • murrommurro · mruro · muror · umrro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mural" and "murro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mural" vs "murro" - which ranks higher?
"mural" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,686 in our Portuguese list, against #17,335 for "murro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mural" vs "murro" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mural" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "murro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mural" and "murro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirra vs murro". 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 #39,711 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list