MediasvsmudasTell them apart

Quick tell: Medias is a name, mudas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Medias” is a name and “mudas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,575
“Medias” frequency rank
#28,085
“mudas” frequency rank
31660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Medias mudas
Definition Apellido. Forma del femenino plural de mudo.

Where the eye mixes Medias and mudas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Medias
5 ch
mudas

Look-alike desk: Medias vs mudas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Medias is [ˈmeð̞jas] while mudas is [ˈmuð̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Medias is recorded at frequency rank #3,575, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈmeð̞jas]. mudas is at rank #28,085, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmuð̞as].

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 31660, this pair ranks #205,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Medias vs mudas

Shared letters: adms. Private to "Medias": ei. Private to "mudas": u.

"Medias" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "mudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mediasemdias · mdeias · medais · mediass · medisa · meidas · mmedias
  • mudasmduas · mmudas · muads · mudass · muddas · mudsa · umdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Medias" for "mudas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Medias" is a name and "mudas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Medias" vs "mudas" - which ranks higher?
"Medias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,575 in our Spanish list, against #28,085 for "mudas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Medias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mudas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Medias" and "mudas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modal vs mudas". 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 #205,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list