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

#44,866
“miraría” frequency rank
#21,754
“mirarla” frequency rank
66620
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miraría mirarla
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de mirar o de mirarse. Mirar, con el enclítico la (pronombre).

Where the eye mixes miraría and mirarla

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. miraría (CVCVCVV) and mirarla (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
miraría
7 ch
mirarla

Look-alike desk: miraría vs mirarla

A purely visual mix-up. miraría ([miɾaˈɾia]) and mirarla ([miˈɾaɾla]) 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 - í in “miraría” becomes l in “mirarla”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miraría is recorded at frequency rank #44,866, classified as averb, pronounced [miɾaˈɾia]. mirarla is at rank #21,754, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾla].

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 66620, this pair ranks #39,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miraría vs mirarla

Shared letters: aimr. Private to "miraría": í. Private to "mirarla": l.

"miraría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "mirarla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mirarla ← imrarla · miarrla · miralra · miraral · mirarlla · mirarrla · mirrala · mirrarla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "miraría" and "mirarla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([miɾaˈɾia] versus [miˈɾaɾla]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "miraría" or "mirarla" show up more?
"mirarla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,754 in our Spanish list, against #44,866 for "miraría". 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 "miraría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mirarla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,384 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miraría" and "mirarla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miraría vs mirarse". 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 #39,384 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