musicvsmutisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,157
“music” frequency rank
#37,742
“mutis” frequency rank
46899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature music mutis
Definition Música. Acción y efecto de salir de escena

Where the eye mixes music and mutis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. music and mutis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
music
5 ch
mutis

Look-alike desk: music vs mutis

A purely visual mix-up. music (/ˈmjuː.zɪk/) and mutis ([ˈmut̪is]) 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 46899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

music is recorded at frequency rank #9,157, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmjuː.zɪk/. mutis is at rank #37,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmut̪is].

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 46899, this pair ranks #123,109 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of music vs mutis

Shared letters: imsu. Private to "music": c. Private to "mutis": t.

"music" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mutis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • music ← mmusic · msuic · mucic · muisc · musci · musicc · mussic · umsic
  • mutis ← mmutis · mtuis · muits · mutiss · mutsi · muttis · umtis

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "music" and "mutis" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈmjuː.zɪk/ versus [ˈmut̪is]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "music" or "mutis"?
"music" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,157 in our Spanish list, against #37,742 for "mutis". 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 "music" and "mutis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "music" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mutis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,109 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "music" and "mutis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mantis vs mutis". 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 #123,109 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