cerremosvscreemosWhich spelling fits?

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

#43,452
“cerremos” frequency rank
#2,650
“creemos” frequency rank
46102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes cerremos and creemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cerremos runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against creemos's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cerremos
7 ch
creemos

Visual trap between cerremos and creemos

A purely visual mix-up. cerremos ([seˈremos]) and creemos ([kɾeˈemos]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cerremos is recorded at frequency rank #43,452, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈremos]. creemos is at rank #2,650, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɾeˈemos].

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 46102, this pair ranks #127,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cerremos vs creemos

Shared letters: cemors. Private to "cerremos": -. Private to "creemos": -.

"cerremos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "creemos" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cerremosccerremos · cerermos · cerremmos · cerremoss · cerremso · cerreoms · cerrmeos · creremos
  • creemosccreemos · ceremos · creemmos · creemoss · creemso · creeoms · cremeos · cremos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cerremos" and "creemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([seˈremos] versus [kɾeˈemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cerremos" vs "creemos" - which ranks higher?
"creemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,650 in our Spanish list, against #43,452 for "cerremos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cerremos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "creemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cerremos" and "creemos" 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 #127,645 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