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

#43,720
“monas” frequency rank
#28,085
“mudas” frequency rank
71805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature monas mudas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mono. Forma del femenino plural de mudo.

Where the eye mixes monas and mudas

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

5 ch
monas
5 ch
mudas

Visual trap between monas and mudas

A purely visual mix-up. monas ([ˈmonas]) and mudas ([ˈmuð̞as]) 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 71805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monas is recorded at frequency rank #43,720, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmonas]. 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 71805, this pair ranks #26,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of monas vs mudas

Shared letters: ams. Private to "monas": no. Private to "mudas": du.

"monas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monas ← mmonas · mnoas · moans · monass · monnas · monsa · omnas
  • mudas ← mduas · mmudas · muads · mudass · muddas · mudsa · umdas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "monas" for "mudas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmonas] versus [ˈmuð̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "monas" vs "mudas" - which ranks higher?
"mudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,085 in our Spanish list, against #43,720 for "monas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "monas" 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 #26,717 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "monas" and "mudas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monas vs month". 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 #26,717 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