muertas

/[ˈmweɾt̪as]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,554

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

muertas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de muerto. Pronounced [ˈmweɾt̪as]. It ranks #8,554 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with muerte and muerto.

Key facts for muertas
PropertyValue
Headwordmuertas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈmweɾt̪as]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,554
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for muertas is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmweɾt̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,554 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de muerto.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for muertas, with forms such as "meurtas", "mmuertas", and "muerats". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "muerte", "muerto", "multas", 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 muertas, spelled M-U-E-R-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de muerto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: meurtas,mmuertas,muerats,muerrtas,muertass,muertsa,muerttas,muetras,muretas,umertas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muertas

Misspelling Variants of "muertas"

meurtas7mmuertas8muerats7muerrtas8muertass8muertsa7muerttas8muetras7
Misspelling Variants of "muertas"

Frequency rank: #8,554 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muertas"?
"muertas" is spelled M-U-E-R-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmweɾt̪as].
What does "muertas" mean?
As an adj, "muertas" means: Forma del femenino plural de muerto.
What words are commonly confused with "muertas"?
"muertas" is commonly confused with "muerte", "muerto", "multas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muertas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muertas" is [ˈmweɾt̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muertas" come from?
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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.