moverse
[moˈβ̞eɾse]
The verdict
“moverse” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,330 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,330
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cambiar de posición en el espacio, dejar el lugar que se ocupaba, desplazarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | moverse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [moˈβ̞eɾse] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #6,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “moverse” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for moverse is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for moverse, with forms such as "mmoverse", "moberse", and "moevrse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mover", "moverá", "meterse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is moverse, spelled M-O-V-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cambiar 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moverse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “moverse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-O-V-E-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [moˈβ̞eɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mover” - see the side-by-side comparison. moverse vs mover
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.