muevesvsmuevoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#28,845
“mueves” frequency rank
#19,500
“muevo” frequency rank
48345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mueves muevo
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de mover. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de mover.

Where the eye mixes mueves and muevo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mueves runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against muevo's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
mueves
5 ch
muevo

Visual trap between mueves and muevo

A purely visual mix-up. mueves ([ˈmweβ̞es]) and muevo ([ˈmweβ̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mueves is recorded at frequency rank #28,845, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞es]. muevo is at rank #19,500, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmweβ̞o].

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 48345, this pair ranks #115,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mueves vs muevo

Shared letters: emuv. Private to "mueves": s. Private to "muevo": o.

"mueves" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "muevo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muevesmeuves · mmueves · muebes · mueevs · muevess · muevse · muevves · muvees
  • muevomeuvo · mmuevo · muebo · mueov · muevvo · muveo · umevo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mueves" for "muevo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmweβ̞es] versus [ˈmweβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mueves" vs "muevo" - which ranks higher?
"muevo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,500 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mueves" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muevo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mueves" and "muevo" 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 #115,015 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