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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miembro" for "miembros" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "miembro" or "miembros" show up more?
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.