ramosvsRemusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ramos is a noun, Remus is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ramos” is a noun and “Remus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,471
“ramos” frequency rank
#49,206
“Remus” frequency rank
73677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ramos Remus
Definition Plural des Substantivs ramo Zwillingsbruder von Romulus

Where the eye mixes ramos and Remus

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
ramos
5 ch
Remus

Look-alike desk: ramos vs Remus

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ramos is [ˈʁɐ.muʃ] while Remus is [ˈʁeːmʊs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ramos is recorded at frequency rank #24,471, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɐ.muʃ]. Remus is at rank #49,206, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈʁeːmʊs].

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 73677, this pair ranks #353,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ramos vs Remus

Shared letters: mrs. Private to "ramos": ao. Private to "Remus": eu.

"ramos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Remus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ramosarmos · rammos · ramoss · ramso · raoms · rmaos · rramos
  • Remusermus · remmus · remsu · remuss · reums · rmeus · rremus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ramos" and "Remus" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ramos" is a noun and "Remus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ramos" or "Remus"?
"ramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,471 in our German list, against #49,206 for "Remus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Remus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #353,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ramos" and "Remus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Remus vs reyes". 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 #353,827 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list