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

#28,085
“mudas” frequency rank
#11,620
“mural” frequency rank
39705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mudas mural
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mudo. Relacionado con el muro, o propio de este.

Where the eye mixes mudas and mural

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

5 ch
mudas
5 ch
mural

Look-alike desk: mudas vs mural

A purely visual mix-up. mudas ([ˈmuð̞as]) and mural ([muˈɾal]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39705, 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]. mural is at rank #11,620, tagged as anadj, pronounced [muˈɾal].

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 39705, this pair ranks #163,102 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mudas vs mural

Shared letters: amu. Private to "mudas": ds. Private to "mural": lr.

"mudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mural" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mudasmduas · mmudas · muads · mudass · muddas · mudsa · umdas
  • muralmmural · mrual · muarl · murall · murla · murral · umral

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mudas" for "mural" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmuð̞as] versus [muˈɾal]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mudas" or "mural"?
"mural" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,620 in our Spanish list, against #28,085 for "mudas". 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 "mural" 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 "mural" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,102 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudas" and "mural" 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 #163,102 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