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

#17,630
“cerramos” frequency rank
#43,452
“cerremos” frequency rank
61082
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cerramos cerremos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de cerrar o de cerrarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de cerrar o de cerrarse.

Where the eye mixes cerramos and cerremos

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

8 ch
cerramos
8 ch
cerremos

Visual trap between cerramos and cerremos

A purely visual mix-up. cerramos ([seˈramos]) and cerremos ([seˈremos]) 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 “cerramos” becomes e in “cerremos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cerramos is recorded at frequency rank #17,630, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈramos]. cerremos is at rank #43,452, tagged as averb, pronounced [seˈremos].

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 61082, this pair ranks #56,701 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cerramos vs cerremos

Shared letters: cemors. Private to "cerramos": a. Private to "cerremos": -.

"cerramos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "cerremos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cerramos ← ccerramos · cerarmos · cerrammos · cerramoss · cerramso · cerraoms · cerrmaos · creramos
  • cerremos ← ccerremos · cerermos · cerremmos · cerremoss · cerremso · cerreoms · cerrmeos · creremos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cerramos" and "cerremos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([seˈramos] versus [seˈremos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cerramos" vs "cerremos" - which ranks higher?
"cerramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,630 in our Spanish list, against #43,452 for "cerremos". 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 "cerramos" and "cerremos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cerramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cerremos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,701 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cerramos" and "cerremos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerremos vs corrimos". 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 #56,701 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