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

#33,940
“aprovechamos” frequency rank
#46,333
“aprovechemos” frequency rank
80273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprovechamos aprovechemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de aprovechar o de aprovecharse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de aprovechar o de aprovecharse.

Where the eye mixes aprovechamos and aprovechemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. aprovechamos and aprovechemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

12 ch
aprovechamos
12 ch
aprovechemos

Visual trap between aprovechamos and aprovechemos

A purely visual mix-up. aprovechamos ([apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃamos]) and aprovechemos ([apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃemos]) 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 a single letter - a in “aprovechamos” becomes e in “aprovechemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprovechamos is recorded at frequency rank #33,940, classified as averb, pronounced [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃamos]. aprovechemos is at rank #46,333, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃemos].

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 80273, this pair ranks #11,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aprovechamos vs aprovechemos

Shared letters: acehmoprsv. Private to "aprovechamos": -. Private to "aprovechemos": -.

"aprovechamos" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVC  ·  "aprovechemos" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprovechamos ← aporvechamos · approvechamos · aprobechamos · aproevchamos · aprovcehamos · aprovecahmos · aprovecchamos · aprovechammos
  • aprovechemos ← aporvechemos · approvechemos · aprobechemos · aproevchemos · aprovcehemos · aprovecchemos · aprovecehmos · aprovechemmos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aprovechamos" for "aprovechemos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃamos] versus [apɾoβ̞eˈt͡ʃemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aprovechamos" or "aprovechemos" show up more?
"aprovechamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,940 in our Spanish list, against #46,333 for "aprovechemos". 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 "aprovechamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprovechemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprovechamos" and "aprovechemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprovechados vs aprovechemos". 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 #11,890 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