metemosvsmiremosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#19,495
“metemos” frequency rank
#25,360
“miremos” frequency rank
44855
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature metemos miremos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de mirar o de mirarse.

Where the eye mixes metemos and miremos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. metemos and miremos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
metemos
7 ch
miremos

Look-alike desk: metemos vs miremos

A purely visual mix-up. metemos ([meˈt̪emos]) and miremos ([miˈɾemos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

metemos is recorded at frequency rank #19,495, classified as averb, pronounced [meˈt̪emos]. miremos is at rank #25,360, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈɾemos].

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 44855, this pair ranks #134,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of metemos vs miremos

Shared letters: emos. Private to "metemos": t. Private to "miremos": ir.

"metemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "miremos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • metemosemtemos · meetmos · metemmos · metemoss · metemso · meteoms · metmeos · mettemos
  • miremosimremos · miermos · miremmos · miremoss · miremso · mireoms · mirmeos · mirremos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "metemos" and "miremos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([meˈt̪emos] versus [miˈɾemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "metemos" vs "miremos" - which ranks higher?
"metemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,495 in our Spanish list, against #25,360 for "miremos". 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 "metemos" and "miremos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "metemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "miremos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,749 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "metemos" and "miremos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miremos vs moriremos". 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 #134,749 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