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

#28,085
“mudas” frequency rank
#35,151
“mudos” frequency rank
63236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mudas mudos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mudo. Forma del plural masculino de mudo.

Where the eye mixes mudas and mudos

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

5 ch
mudas
5 ch
mudos

Why the eye confuses mudas with mudos

A purely visual mix-up. mudas ([ˈmuð̞as]) and mudos ([ˈmuð̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “mudas” becomes o in “mudos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mudas is recorded at frequency rank #28,085, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmuð̞as]. 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 63236, this pair ranks #49,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mudas vs mudos

Shared letters: dmsu. Private to "mudas": a. Private to "mudos": o.

"mudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mudos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudasmduas · mmudas · muads · mudass · muddas · mudsa · umdas
  • mudosmduos · mmudos · muddos · mudoss · mudso · muods · umdos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mudas" and "mudos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmuð̞as] versus [ˈmuð̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mudas" or "mudos"?
"mudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,085 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mudas" 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 #49,394 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudas" and "mudos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modal vs mudas". 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 #49,394 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