leímosvsLemonTell them apart

Quick tell: leímos is a verb, Lemon is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“leímos” is a verb and “Lemon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,287
“leímos” frequency rank
#32,277
“Lemon” frequency rank
76564
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature leímos Lemon
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de leer. Apellido.

Where the eye mixes leímos and Lemon

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. leímos runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against Lemon's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
leímos
5 ch
Lemon

Look-alike desk: leímos vs Lemon

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: leímos is [leˈimos] while Lemon is [ˈlemõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

leímos is recorded at frequency rank #44,287, classified as averb, pronounced [leˈimos]. Lemon is at rank #32,277, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈlemõn].

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 76564, this pair ranks #17,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of leímos vs Lemon

Shared letters: elmo. Private to "leímos": sí. Private to "Lemon": n.

"leímos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Lemon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lemon ← elmon · lemmon · lemno · lemonn · leomn · llemon · lmeon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "leímos" and "Lemon" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "leímos" is a verb and "Lemon" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "leímos" or "Lemon" show up more?
"Lemon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,277 in our Spanish list, against #44,287 for "leímos". 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 "leímos" and "Lemon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "leímos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Lemon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "leímos" and "Lemon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lechos vs leímos". 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 #17,517 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