Which to use
“muevas” is a verb and “musas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,753
- “muevas” frequency rank
- #33,242
- “musas” frequency rank
- 62995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muevas | musas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de mover. | Forma del femenino plural de muso. |
Where the eye mixes muevas and musas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muevas runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against musas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: muevas vs musas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: muevas is [ˈmweβ̞as] while musas is [ˈmusas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62995, 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]. musas is at rank #33,242, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmusas].
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 62995, this pair ranks #50,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muevas vs musas
Shared letters: amsu. Private to "muevas": ev. Private to "musas": -.
"muevas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "musas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muevas" for "musas" ever safe?
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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 "musas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muevas" and "musas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medusas vs musas". 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 #50,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.