muestrasvsmuestresConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,723
“muestras” frequency rank
#39,873
“muestres” frequency rank
43596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature muestras muestres
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de mostrar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mostrar.

Where the eye mixes muestras and muestres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. muestras and muestres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
muestras
8 ch
muestres

Visual trap between muestras and muestres

A purely visual mix-up. muestras ([ˈmwest̪ɾas]) and muestres ([ˈmwest̪ɾes]) 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 a single letter - a in “muestras” becomes e in “muestres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

muestras is recorded at frequency rank #3,723, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmwest̪ɾas]. muestres is at rank #39,873, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmwest̪ɾes].

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 43596, this pair ranks #141,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of muestras vs muestres

Shared letters: emrstu. Private to "muestras": a. Private to "muestres": -.

"muestras" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC  ·  "muestres" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muestrasmeustras · mmuestras · muesrtas · muesstras · muestars · muestrass · muestrras · muestrsa
  • muestresmeustres · mmuestres · muesrtes · muesstres · muesters · muestress · muestrres · muestrse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "muestras" for "muestres" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmwest̪ɾas] versus [ˈmwest̪ɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "muestras" or "muestres"?
"muestras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,723 in our Spanish list, against #39,873 for "muestres". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "muestras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muestres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #141,804 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muestras" and "muestres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mestre vs muestres". 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 #141,804 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