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“miran” and “mudan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,085
“miran” frequency rank
#36,175
“mudan” frequency rank
42260
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miran mudan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mirar o de mirarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mudar o de mudarse.

Where the eye mixes miran and mudan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. miran and mudan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
miran
5 ch
mudan

Look-alike desk: miran vs mudan

A purely visual mix-up. miran ([ˈmiɾãn]) and mudan ([ˈmuð̞ãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miran is recorded at frequency rank #6,085, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmiɾãn]. mudan is at rank #36,175, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmuð̞ãn].

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 42260, this pair ranks #149,225 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of miran vs mudan

Shared letters: amn. Private to "miran": ir. Private to "mudan": du.

"miran" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mudan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miran ← imran · miarn · mirann · mirna · mirran · mmiran · mrian
  • mudan ← mduan · mmudan · muadn · mudann · muddan · mudna · umdan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miran" for "mudan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmiɾãn] versus [ˈmuð̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "miran" or "mudan"?
"miran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,085 in our Spanish list, against #36,175 for "mudan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "miran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mudan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,225 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miran" and "mudan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modal vs mudan". 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 #149,225 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