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

#29,753
“muevas” frequency rank
#8,027
“mueven” frequency rank
37780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes muevas and mueven

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muevas and mueven follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
muevas
6 ch
mueven

Look-alike desk: muevas vs mueven

A purely visual mix-up. muevas ([ˈmweβ̞as]) and mueven ([ˈmweβ̞ẽn]) 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 37780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

muevas is recorded at frequency rank #29,753, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞as]. mueven is at rank #8,027, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞ẽn].

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 37780, this pair ranks #173,511 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of muevas vs mueven

Shared letters: emuv. Private to "muevas": as. Private to "mueven": n.

"muevas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "mueven" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muevasmeuvas · mmuevas · mueavs · muebas · muevass · muevsa · muevvas · muveas
  • muevenmeuven · mmueven · mueben · mueevn · muevenn · muevne · muevven · muveen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "muevas" for "mueven" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweβ̞as] versus [ˈmweβ̞ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "muevas" or "mueven"?
"mueven" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,027 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "muevas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mueven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #173,511 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "muevas" and "mueven" 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 #173,511 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