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Which to use

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

#26,155
“muevan” frequency rank
#29,753
“muevas” frequency rank
55908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature muevan muevas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mover. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mover.

Where the eye mixes muevan and muevas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. muevan and muevas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
muevan
6 ch
muevas

Visual trap between muevan and muevas

A purely visual mix-up. muevan ([ˈmweβ̞ãn]) 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 differ by a single letter - n in “muevan” becomes s in “muevas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

muevan is recorded at frequency rank #26,155, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞ãn]. 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 55908, this pair ranks #76,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of muevan vs muevas

Shared letters: aemuv. Private to "muevan": n. Private to "muevas": s.

"muevan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "muevas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muevan ← meuvan · mmuevan · mueavn · mueban · muevann · muevna · muevvan · muvean
  • muevas ← meuvas · mmuevas · mueavs · muebas · muevass · muevsa · muevvas · muveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "muevan" and "muevas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweβ̞ãn] versus [ˈmweβ̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "muevan" or "muevas" show up more?
"muevan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,155 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "muevan" 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 #76,826 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muevan" 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 #76,826 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