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

#12,010
“mueran” frequency rank
#8,027
“mueven” frequency rank
20037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mueran mueven
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de morir o de morirse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mover.

Where the eye mixes mueran and mueven

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mueran and mueven follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
mueran
6 ch
mueven

Look-alike desk: mueran vs mueven

A purely visual mix-up. mueran ([ˈmweɾãn]) and mueven ([ˈmweβ̞ẽn]) 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 20037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mueran is recorded at frequency rank #12,010, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweɾãn]. mueven is at rank #8,027, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞ẽn].

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 20037, this pair ranks #261,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mueran vs mueven

Shared letters: emnu. Private to "mueran": ar. Private to "mueven": v.

"mueran" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "mueven" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mueranmeuran · mmueran · muearn · muerann · muerna · muerran · murean · umeran
  • muevenmeuven · mmueven · mueben · mueevn · muevenn · muevne · muevven · muveen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mueran" and "mueven" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweɾãn] versus [ˈmweβ̞ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mueran" or "mueven" show up more?
"mueven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,027 in our Spanish list, against #12,010 for "mueran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mueran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mueven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mueran" and "mueven" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mueran vs muerdo". 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 #261,085 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