muestrenvsmuestresTell them apart

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

#16,649
“muestren” frequency rank
#39,873
“muestres” frequency rank
56522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature muestren muestres
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mostrar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mostrar.

Where the eye mixes muestren and muestres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. muestren 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
muestren
8 ch
muestres

Visual trap between muestren and muestres

A purely visual mix-up. muestren ([ˈmwest̪ɾẽn]) 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 - n in “muestren” becomes s in “muestres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

muestren is recorded at frequency rank #16,649, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmwest̪ɾẽn]. 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 56522, this pair ranks #74,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of muestren vs muestres

Shared letters: emrstu. Private to "muestren": n. Private to "muestres": -.

"muestren" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC  ·  "muestres" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muestrenmeustren · mmuestren · muesrten · muesstren · muestern · muestrenn · muestrne · muestrren
  • muestresmeustres · mmuestres · muesrtes · muesstres · muesters · muestress · muestrres · muestrse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "muestren" for "muestres" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmwest̪ɾẽn] versus [ˈmwest̪ɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "muestren" or "muestres"?
"muestren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,649 in our Spanish list, against #39,873 for "muestres". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "muestren" 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 #74,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muestren" 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 #74,286 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