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

#23,873
“mutante” frequency rank
#21,759
“mutantes” frequency rank
45632
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mutante mutantes
Definition Que muta. Forma del plural de mutante.

Where the eye mixes mutante and mutantes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mutante runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against mutantes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
mutante
8 ch
mutantes

Look-alike desk: mutante vs mutantes

A purely visual mix-up. mutante ([muˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]) and mutantes ([muˈt̪ãn̪t̪es]) 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 extra letter(s) - “mutante” sits inside “mutantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45632, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mutante is recorded at frequency rank #23,873, classified as anadj, pronounced [muˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. mutantes is at rank #21,759, tagged as anadj, pronounced [muˈt̪ãn̪t̪es].

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 45632, this pair ranks #130,324 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mutante vs mutantes

Shared letters: aemntu. Private to "mutante": -. Private to "mutantes": s.

"mutante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "mutantes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mutante ← mmutante · mtuante · muatnte · mutanet · mutannte · mutantte · mutatne · mutnate
  • mutantes ← mmutantes · mtuantes · muatntes · mutanets · mutanntes · mutantess · mutantse · mutanttes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mutante" and "mutantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([muˈt̪ãn̪t̪e] versus [muˈt̪ãn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mutante" or "mutantes"?
"mutantes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,759 in our Spanish list, against #23,873 for "mutante". 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 "mutante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mutantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #130,324 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mutante" and "mutantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mataste vs mutante". 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 #130,324 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