Which to use
“mestre” is a noun and “muestre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,217
- “mestre” frequency rank
- #10,181
- “muestre” frequency rank
- 44398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mestre | muestre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Patrón de velero que hacía el cabotaje entre las Islas y la pesca en la Costa occidental de África. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de mostrar. |
Where the eye mixes mestre and muestre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mestre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against muestre's 7 (CVVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mestre and muestre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mestre is [ˈmest̪ɾe] while muestre is [ˈmwest̪ɾe]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mestre is recorded at frequency rank #34,217, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmest̪ɾe]. muestre is at rank #10,181, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmwest̪ɾe].
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 44398, this pair ranks #137,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mestre vs muestre
Shared letters: emrst. Private to "mestre": -. Private to "muestre": u.
"mestre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "muestre" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mestre" and "muestre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mestre" or "muestre" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mestre" and "muestre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mestre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muestre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #137,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mestre" and "muestre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesera vs mestre". 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 #137,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.