mutuavsmutuasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mutua is a noun, mutuas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mutua” is a noun and “mutuas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,622
“mutua” frequency rank
#34,226
“mutuas” frequency rank
45848
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mutua mutuas
Definition Asociación, entidad o agrupación con un régimen colectivo de servicios o prestaciones. Forma del femenino plural de mutuo.

Where the eye mixes mutua and mutuas

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

5 ch
mutua
6 ch
mutuas

Why the eye confuses mutua with mutuas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mutua is [ˈmut̪wa] while mutuas is [ˈmut̪was]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mutua” sits inside “mutuas”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mutua is recorded at frequency rank #11,622, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmut̪wa]. mutuas is at rank #34,226, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmut̪was].

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 45848, this pair ranks #129,115 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mutua vs mutuas

Shared letters: amtu. Private to "mutua": -. Private to "mutuas": s.

"mutua" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "mutuas" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mutua ← mmutua · mtuua · mutau · muttua · muuta · umtua
  • mutuas ← mmutuas · mtuuas · mutaus · muttuas · mutuass · mutusa · muutas · umtuas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mutua" for "mutuas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mutua" is a noun and "mutuas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mutua" vs "mutuas" - which ranks higher?
"mutua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,622 in our Spanish list, against #34,226 for "mutuas". 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 "mutua" and "mutuas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mutua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mutuas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,115 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mutua" and "mutuas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutis vs mutuas". 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 #129,115 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