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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muevan" and "muevas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "muevan" or "muevas" show up more?
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.