mudarvsmudosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mudar is a verb, mudos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mudar” is a verb and “mudos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,160
“mudar” frequency rank
#35,151
“mudos” frequency rank
51311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mudar mudos
Definition Dar o tomar otro ser o naturaleza, otro estado, figura, lugar, etc. Forma del plural masculino de mudo.

Where the eye mixes mudar and mudos

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

5 ch
mudar
5 ch
mudos

Visual trap between mudar and mudos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mudar is [muˈð̞aɾ] while mudos is [ˈmuð̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mudar is recorded at frequency rank #16,160, classified as averb, pronounced [muˈð̞aɾ]. mudos is at rank #35,151, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmuð̞os].

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 51311, this pair ranks #98,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mudar vs mudos

Shared letters: dmu. Private to "mudar": ar. Private to "mudos": os.

"mudar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mudos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudarmduar · mmudar · muadr · mudarr · muddar · mudra · umdar
  • mudosmduos · mmudos · muddos · mudoss · mudso · muods · umdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mudar" for "mudos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mudar" is a verb and "mudos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mudar" or "mudos"?
"mudar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,160 in our Spanish list, against #35,151 for "mudos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "mudar" and "mudos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mudar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mudos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudar" and "mudos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mudamos vs mudos". 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 #98,526 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