Which to use
“muerte” and “muertes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #305
- “muerte” frequency rank
- #4,097
- “muertes” frequency rank
- 4402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muerte | muertes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fin de la vida, en especial de una persona | Forma del plural de muerte. |
Where the eye mixes muerte and muertes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses muerte with muertes
A purely visual mix-up. muerte ([ˈmweɾt̪e]) and muertes ([ˈmweɾt̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “muerte” sits inside “muertes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muerte is recorded at frequency rank #305, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmweɾt̪e]. 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 4402, this pair ranks #316,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of muerte vs muertes
Shared letters: emrtu. Private to "muerte": -. Private to "muertes": s.
"muerte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "muertes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muerte" and "muertes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "muerte" or "muertes" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "muerte" and "muertes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muerte" 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 #316,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muerte" and "muertes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muerdo vs muerte". 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 #316,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.