miembrovsmiembrosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,175
“miembro” frequency rank
#613
“miembros” frequency rank
1788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miembro miembros
Definition Parte del cuerpo del animal articulada con el tronco. Forma del plural de miembro.

Where the eye mixes miembro and miembros

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

7 ch
miembro
8 ch
miembros

Why the eye confuses miembro with miembros

A purely visual mix-up. miembro ([ˈmjẽmbɾo]) and miembros ([ˈmjẽmbɾos]) 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 extra letter(s) - “miembro” sits inside “miembros”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miembro is recorded at frequency rank #1,175, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmjẽmbɾo]. miembros is at rank #613, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmjẽmbɾos].

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 1788, this pair ranks #321,464 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of miembro vs miembros

Shared letters: beimor. Private to "miembro": -. Private to "miembros": s.

"miembro" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV  ·  "miembros" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miembro ← imembro · meimbro · miebmro · miembbro · miembor · miembrro · miemmbro · miemrbo
  • miembros ← imembros · meimbros · miebmros · miembbros · miembors · miembross · miembrros · miembrso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miembro" for "miembros" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmjẽmbɾo] versus [ˈmjẽmbɾos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "miembro" or "miembros" show up more?
"miembros" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #613 in our Spanish list, against #1,175 for "miembro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miembro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "miembros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #321,464 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #321,464 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