Which to use
“muerde” is a verb and “muerdo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,909
- “muerde” frequency rank
- #49,152
- “muerdo” frequency rank
- 66061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muerde | muerdo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de morder. | Acción o resultado de morder. |
Where the eye mixes muerde and muerdo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. muerde and muerdo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: muerde vs muerdo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: muerde is [ˈmweɾð̞e] while muerdo is [ˈmweɾð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “muerde” becomes o in “muerdo”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muerde is recorded at frequency rank #16,909, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweɾð̞e]. muerdo is at rank #49,152, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmweɾð̞o].
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 66061, this pair ranks #40,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muerde vs muerdo
Shared letters: demru. Private to "muerde": -. Private to "muerdo": o.
"muerde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "muerdo" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muerde" for "muerdo" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "muerde" or "muerdo" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "muerde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muerdo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muerde" and "muerdo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muerda 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 #40,875 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.