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

#26,155
“muevan” frequency rank
#28,845
“mueves” frequency rank
55000
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature muevan mueves
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 indicativo de mover.

Where the eye mixes muevan and mueves

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muevan and mueves 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
mueves

Look-alike desk: muevan vs mueves

A purely visual mix-up. muevan ([ˈmweβ̞ãn]) and mueves ([ˈmweβ̞es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55000, 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]. mueves is at rank #28,845, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞es].

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 55000, this pair ranks #80,830 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of muevan vs mueves

Shared letters: emuv. Private to "muevan": an. Private to "mueves": s.

"muevan" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "mueves" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muevanmeuvan · mmuevan · mueavn · mueban · muevann · muevna · muevvan · muvean
  • muevesmeuves · mmueves · muebes · mueevs · muevess · muevse · muevves · muvees

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "muevan" and "mueves" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweβ̞ãn] versus [ˈmweβ̞es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "muevan" or "mueves"?
"muevan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,155 in our Spanish list, against #28,845 for "mueves". 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 "muevan" and "mueves" 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 "mueves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,830 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muevan" and "mueves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mueves vs muévete". 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 #80,830 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