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

#6,926
“mundos” frequency rank
#18,910
“muslos” frequency rank
25836
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mundos muslos
Definition Forma del plural de mundo. Forma del plural de muslo.

Where the eye mixes mundos and muslos

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

6 ch
mundos
6 ch
muslos

Visual trap between mundos and muslos

A purely visual mix-up. mundos ([ˈmũn̪d̪os]) and muslos ([ˈmuslos]) 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 25836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mundos is recorded at frequency rank #6,926, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmũn̪d̪os]. muslos is at rank #18,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmuslos].

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 25836, this pair ranks #234,581 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mundos vs muslos

Shared letters: mosu. Private to "mundos": dn. Private to "muslos": l.

"mundos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "muslos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mundos ← mmundos · mnudos · mudnos · munddos · mundoss · mundso · munndos · munods
  • muslos ← mmuslos · msulos · mulsos · musllos · musloss · muslso · musols · musslos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mundos" and "muslos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmũn̪d̪os] versus [ˈmuslos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mundos" or "muslos"?
"mundos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,926 in our Spanish list, against #18,910 for "muslos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "mundos" and "muslos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mundos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muslos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #234,581 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mundos" and "muslos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mudos vs muslos". 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 #234,581 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