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

#46,352
“avancemos” frequency rank
#24,746
“avanzamos” frequency rank
71098
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature avancemos avanzamos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de avanzar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de avanzar.

Where the eye mixes avancemos and avanzamos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. avancemos and avanzamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
avancemos
9 ch
avanzamos

Why the eye confuses avancemos with avanzamos

A purely visual mix-up. avancemos ([aβ̞ãnˈsemos]) and avanzamos ([aβ̞ãnˈsamos]) 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 71098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

avancemos is recorded at frequency rank #46,352, classified as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ãnˈsemos]. avanzamos is at rank #24,746, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ãnˈsamos].

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 71098, this pair ranks #28,243 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of avancemos vs avanzamos

Shared letters: amnosv. Private to "avancemos": ce. Private to "avanzamos": z.

"avancemos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "avanzamos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • avancemos ← aavncemos · abancemos · avacnemos · avanccemos · avancemmos · avancemoss · avancemso · avanceoms
  • avanzamos ← aavnzamos · abanzamos · avanazmos · avannzamos · avanzammos · avanzamoss · avanzamso · avanzaoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "avancemos" for "avanzamos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞ãnˈsemos] versus [aβ̞ãnˈsamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "avancemos" vs "avanzamos" - which ranks higher?
"avanzamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,746 in our Spanish list, against #46,352 for "avancemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "avancemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "avanzamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,243 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "avancemos" and "avanzamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avanzamos vs avanzaron". 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 #28,243 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