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

#13,963
“mueres” frequency rank
#29,753
“muevas” frequency rank
43716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mueres muevas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de morir o de morirse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mover.

Where the eye mixes mueres and muevas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
mueres
6 ch
muevas

Visual trap between mueres and muevas

A purely visual mix-up. mueres ([ˈmweɾes]) and muevas ([ˈmweβ̞as]) 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 43716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mueres is recorded at frequency rank #13,963, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweɾes]. muevas is at rank #29,753, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞as].

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 43716, this pair ranks #141,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mueres vs muevas

Shared letters: emsu. Private to "mueres": r. Private to "muevas": av.

"mueres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "muevas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mueresmeures · mmueres · mueers · mueress · muerres · muerse · murees · umeres
  • muevasmeuvas · mmuevas · mueavs · muebas · muevass · muevsa · muevvas · muveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mueres" for "muevas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweɾes] versus [ˈmweβ̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mueres" vs "muevas" - which ranks higher?
"mueres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,963 in our Spanish list, against #29,753 for "muevas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mueres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muevas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mueres" and "muevas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muevas vs mutuas". 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 #141,086 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