memesvsmesesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,597
“memes” frequency rank
#311
“meses” frequency rank
7908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature memes meses
Definition Forma del plural de meme. Forma del plural de mes.

Where the eye mixes memes and meses

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
memes
5 ch
meses

Why the eye confuses memes with meses

A purely visual mix-up. memes ([ˈmemes]) and meses ([ˈmeses]) 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 - m in “memes” becomes s in “meses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

memes is recorded at frequency rank #7,597, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmemes]. meses is at rank #311, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmeses].

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 7908, this pair ranks #306,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of memes vs meses

Shared letters: ems. Private to "memes": -. Private to "meses": -.

"memes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "meses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memesemmes · meems · memess · memmes · memse · mmees · mmemes
  • mesesemses · meces · meess · mesess · messe · messes · mmeses · msees

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "memes" for "meses" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmemes] versus [ˈmeses]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "memes" vs "meses" - which ranks higher?
"meses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #311 in our Spanish list, against #7,597 for "memes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "memes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #306,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "memes" and "meses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "makes vs memes". 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 #306,571 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