muerto

[ˈmweɾt̪o]

/[ˈmweɾt̪o]/ adj

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The verdict

“muerto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,037. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,037
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no tiene vida, en sentido real o figurado.

Corpus desk

Index ES-muerto · muerto · Spanish

muerto · rank #1,037 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,037
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH género

Nearest frequency peer: género (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “muerto”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “muerto” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

muerto vs muro
67% similar
muerto vs murió
50% similar
muerto vs muevo
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for muerto
PropertyValue
Headwordmuerto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmweɾt̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,037
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “muerto”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).muertocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “género” (#1,036), “nación” (#1,038), “ganas” (#1,035). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “muerto” va en #1,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around muerto (IPA [ˈmweɾt̪o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,037 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for muerto, with forms such as "meurto", "mmuerto", and "muerot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muro", "murió", "muevo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is muerto, spelled M-U-E-R-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no tiene vida, en sentido real o figurado.
  2. 2
    Extremadamente cansado.
  3. 3
    Que no funciona o que no ofrece el servicio habitual.
  4. 4
    Referido a un color, que es poco vivo, que tiene demasiado gris.
  5. 5
    Inhábil, sobre todo cuando refiere a juegos o deportes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how muerto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El teléfono esta muerto.
  2. ¿Qué es lo peor que te gritaron en la cancha?, le preguntaron: "'Doná los órganos, muerto', 'tenés menos explosión que una bomba de papa', 'Sos más lento que Only You' y 'Cerrás menos que Farmacity'".

Synonyms

agotadoexhaustohecho fosfatinahecho polvoapagado

This word in other languages

dead(English)mort(Français)tot(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meurto
  • mmuerto
  • muerot
  • muerrto
  • muertto
  • muetro
  • mureto
  • umerto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muerto - 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.

meurto2mmuerto1muerot2muerrto1muertto1muetro2mureto2umerto2
Edit distance from "muerto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muerto"?
"muerto" is spelled M-U-E-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmweɾt̪o].
What does "muerto" mean?
As an adjective, "muerto" means: Que no tiene vida, en sentido real o figurado.
What words are commonly confused with "muerto"?
"muerto" is commonly confused with "muro", "murió", "muevo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muerto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muerto" is [ˈmweɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muerto" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "muerto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

género#1,036nación#1,038cuarto#1,030verano#1,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Pablo8 variantspuedan8 variantshumano8 variantslengua8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list