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

#13,963
“mueres” frequency rank
#8,027
“mueven” frequency rank
21990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mueres mueven
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo 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 mueres and mueven

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mueres 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
mueres
6 ch
mueven

Look-alike desk: mueres vs mueven

A purely visual mix-up. mueres ([ˈmweɾes]) 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 21990, 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]. 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 21990, this pair ranks #252,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mueres vs mueven

Shared letters: emu. Private to "mueres": rs. Private to "mueven": nv.

"mueres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "mueven" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mueresmeures · mmueres · mueers · mueress · muerres · muerse · murees · umeres
  • muevenmeuven · mmueven · mueben · mueevn · muevenn · muevne · muevven · muveen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mueres" for "mueven" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweɾes] versus [ˈmweβ̞ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mueres" or "mueven"?
"mueven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,027 in our Spanish list, against #13,963 for "mueres". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "mueres" and "mueven" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mueres" 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 #252,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mueres" and "mueven" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muerdo vs mueres". 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 #252,418 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