miramosvsmiremosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#11,815
“miramos” frequency rank
#25,360
“miremos” frequency rank
37175
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes miramos and miremos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. miramos 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
miramos
7 ch
miremos

Why the eye confuses miramos with miremos

A purely visual mix-up. miramos ([miˈɾamos]) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “miramos” becomes e in “miremos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37175, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miramos is recorded at frequency rank #11,815, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈɾamos]. 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 37175, this pair ranks #176,709 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of miramos vs miremos

Shared letters: imors. Private to "miramos": a. Private to "miremos": e.

"miramos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "miremos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miramosimramos · miarmos · mirammos · miramoss · miramso · miraoms · mirmaos · mirramos
  • miremosimremos · miermos · miremmos · miremoss · miremso · mireoms · mirmeos · mirremos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miramos" for "miremos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([miˈɾamos] versus [miˈɾemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "miramos" or "miremos" show up more?
"miramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,815 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miramos" 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 #176,709 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miramos" 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 #176,709 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