mudévsmujerConfusable pair

Quick tell: mudé is a verb, mujer is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mudé” is a verb and “mujer” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,724
“mudé” frequency rank
#217
“mujer” frequency rank
25941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mudé mujer
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mudar o de mudarse. Ser humano de sexo femenino.

Where the eye mixes mudé and mujer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
mudé
5 ch
mujer

Why the eye confuses mudé with mujer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mudé is [muˈð̞e] while mujer is [muˈxeɾ]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mudé is recorded at frequency rank #25,724, classified as averb, pronounced [muˈð̞e]. mujer is at rank #217, tagged as anoun, pronounced [muˈxeɾ].

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 25941, this pair ranks #234,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mudé vs mujer

Shared letters: mu. Private to "mudé": . Private to "mujer": ejr.

"mudé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mujer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mujermjuer · mmujer · muejr · mujerr · mujjer · mujre · umjer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mudé" for "mujer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mudé" is a verb and "mujer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mudé" vs "mujer" - which ranks higher?
"mujer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #217 in our Spanish list, against #25,724 for "mudé". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "mudé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mujer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,083 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mudé" and "mujer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mudé vs murder". 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 #234,083 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