modavsmudanWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: moda is a noun, mudan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moda” is a noun and “mudan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,946
“moda” frequency rank
#36,175
“mudan” frequency rank
38121
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moda mudan
Definition Estilo popular en el vestir, actuar, pensar etc. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mudar o de mudarse.

Where the eye mixes moda and mudan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
moda
5 ch
mudan

Visual trap between moda and mudan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moda is [ˈmoð̞a] while mudan is [ˈmuð̞ãn]. 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 38121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moda is recorded at frequency rank #1,946, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoð̞a]. 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 38121, this pair ranks #171,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moda vs mudan

Shared letters: adm. Private to "moda": o. Private to "mudan": nu.

"moda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mudan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modamdoa · mmoda · moad · modda · omda
  • mudanmduan · mmudan · muadn · mudann · muddan · mudna · umdan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moda" for "mudan" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moda" is a noun and "mudan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "moda" or "mudan" show up more?
"moda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,946 in our Spanish list, against #36,175 for "mudan". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moda" 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 #171,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moda" 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 #171,720 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