mudasvsmuevasConfusable pair

Quick tell: mudas is a adjective, muevas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#28,085
“mudas” frequency rank
#29,753
“muevas” frequency rank
57838
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mudas muevas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mudo. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mover.

Where the eye mixes mudas and muevas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mudas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against muevas's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mudas
6 ch
muevas

Why the eye confuses mudas with muevas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mudas is [ˈmuð̞as] while muevas is [ˈmweβ̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57838, 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]. muevas is at rank #29,753, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞as].

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 57838, this pair ranks #68,884 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mudas vs muevas

Shared letters: amsu. Private to "mudas": d. Private to "muevas": ev.

"mudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "muevas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudas ← mduas · mmudas · muads · mudass · muddas · mudsa · umdas
  • muevas ← meuvas · mmuevas · mueavs · muebas · muevass · muevsa · muevvas · muveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mudas" for "muevas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mudas" is an adjective and "muevas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mudas" or "muevas" show up more?
"mudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,085 in our Spanish list, against #29,753 for "muevas". 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 "mudas" and "muevas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mudas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muevas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,884 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudas" and "muevas" 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 #68,884 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