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

#23,871
“mudado” frequency rank
#36,175
“mudan” frequency rank
60046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes mudado and mudan

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

6 ch
mudado
5 ch
mudan

Visual trap between mudado and mudan

A purely visual mix-up. mudado ([muˈð̞að̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mudado is recorded at frequency rank #23,871, classified as averb, pronounced [muˈð̞að̞o]. 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 60046, this pair ranks #60,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mudado vs mudan

Shared letters: admu. Private to "mudado": o. Private to "mudan": n.

"mudado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mudan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudadomduado · mmudado · muaddo · mudaddo · mudaod · muddado · muddao · umdado
  • mudanmduan · mmudan · muadn · mudann · muddan · mudna · umdan

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mudado" and "mudan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([muˈð̞að̞o] versus [ˈmuð̞ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mudado" vs "mudan" - which ranks higher?
"mudado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,871 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 "mudado" 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 #60,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudado" 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 #60,336 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