Which to use
“muerden” is a verb and “muertes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,727
- “muerden” frequency rank
- #4,097
- “muertes” frequency rank
- 37824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muerden | muertes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de morder. | Forma del plural de muerte. |
Where the eye mixes muerden and muertes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. muerden and muertes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses muerden with muertes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: muerden is [ˈmweɾð̞ẽn] while muertes is [ˈmweɾt̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muerden is recorded at frequency rank #33,727, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweɾð̞ẽn]. muertes is at rank #4,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmweɾt̪es].
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 37824, this pair ranks #173,268 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of muerden vs muertes
Shared letters: emru. Private to "muerden": dn. Private to "muertes": st.
"muerden" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "muertes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muerden" and "muertes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "muerden" vs "muertes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "muerden" and "muertes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muerden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muertes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,268 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muerden" and "muertes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muerden 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 #173,268 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.