echamosvsechemosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#13,679
“echamos” frequency rank
#35,479
“echemos” frequency rank
49158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature echamos echemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de echar o de echarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de echar o de echarse.

Where the eye mixes echamos and echemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. echamos and echemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
echamos
7 ch
echemos

Why the eye confuses echamos with echemos

A purely visual mix-up. echamos ([eˈt͡ʃamos]) and echemos ([eˈt͡ʃemos]) 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 “echamos” becomes e in “echemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

echamos is recorded at frequency rank #13,679, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃamos]. echemos is at rank #35,479, tagged as averb, pronounced [eˈt͡ʃemos].

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 49158, this pair ranks #110,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of echamos vs echemos

Shared letters: cehmos. Private to "echamos": a. Private to "echemos": -.

"echamos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "echemos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • echamos ← cehamos · ecahmos · ecchamos · echammos · echamoss · echamso · echaoms · echhamos
  • echemos ← cehemos · ecchemos · ecehmos · echemmos · echemoss · echemso · echeoms · echhemos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "echamos" and "echemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈt͡ʃamos] versus [eˈt͡ʃemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "echamos" vs "echemos" - which ranks higher?
"echamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,679 in our Spanish list, against #35,479 for "echemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "echamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "echemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "echamos" and "echemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "echados vs echemos". 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 #110,408 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