moverse

/[moˈβ̞eɾse]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,330

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

moverse is aSpanishverb. It means: Cambiar de posición en el espacio, dejar el lugar que se ocupaba, desplazarse. Pronounced [moˈβ̞eɾse]. It ranks #6,330 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mover and moverá.

Key facts for moverse
PropertyValue
Headwordmoverse
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[moˈβ̞eɾse]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,330
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of moverse in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for moverse is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [moˈβ̞eɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,330 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cambiar de posición en el espacio, dejar el lugar que se ocupaba, desplazarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for moverse, with forms such as "mmoverse", "moberse", and "moevrse". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mover", "moverá", "meterse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is moverse, spelled M-O-V-E-R-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cambiar de posición en el espacio, dejar el lugar que se ocupaba, desplazarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoverse,moberse,moevrse,moverce,moveres,moverrse,moversse,movesre,movrese,movverse,mvoerse,omverse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moverse

Misspelling Variants of "moverse"

mmoverse8moberse7moevrse7moverce7moveres7moverrse8moversse8movesre7
Misspelling Variants of "moverse"

Frequency rank: #6,330 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moverse"?
"moverse" is spelled M-O-V-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [moˈβ̞eɾse].
What does "moverse" mean?
As a verb, "moverse" means: Cambiar de posición en el espacio, dejar el lugar que se ocupaba, desplazarse.
What words are commonly confused with "moverse"?
"moverse" is commonly confused with "mover", "moverá", "meterse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moverse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moverse" is [moˈβ̞eɾse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moverse" come from?
"moverse" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.