mudanvsmudandoWhat's the difference?

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

#36,175
“mudan” frequency rank
#43,729
“mudando” frequency rank
79904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes mudan and mudando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
mudan
7 ch
mudando

Why the eye confuses mudan with mudando

A purely visual mix-up. mudan ([ˈmuð̞ãn]) and mudando ([muˈð̞ãn̪d̪o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “mudan” sits inside “mudando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mudan is recorded at frequency rank #36,175, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmuð̞ãn]. mudando is at rank #43,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [muˈð̞ãn̪d̪o].

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 79904, this pair ranks #12,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mudan vs mudando

Shared letters: admnu. Private to "mudan": -. Private to "mudando": o.

"mudan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mudando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudanmduan · mmudan · muadn · mudann · muddan · mudna · umdan
  • mudandomduando · mmudando · muadndo · mudadno · mudanddo · mudanndo · mudanod · muddando

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mudan" and "mudando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmuð̞ãn] versus [muˈð̞ãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mudan" or "mudando" show up more?
"mudan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,175 in our Spanish list, against #43,729 for "mudando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mudan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mudando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudan" and "mudando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minando vs mudando". 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 #12,370 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