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Which to use

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

#44,866
“miraría” frequency rank
#16,645
“mirarlo” frequency rank
61511
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes miraría and mirarlo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. miraría (CVCVCVV) and mirarlo (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
miraría
7 ch
mirarlo

Visual trap between miraría and mirarlo

A purely visual mix-up. miraría ([miɾaˈɾia]) and mirarlo ([miˈɾaɾlo]) 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 61511, 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]. mirarlo is at rank #16,645, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾlo].

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 61511, this pair ranks #55,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miraría vs mirarlo

Shared letters: aimr. Private to "miraría": í. Private to "mirarlo": lo.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mirarlo ← imrarlo · miarrlo · miralro · mirarllo · mirarol · mirarrlo · mirralo · mirrarlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miraría" for "mirarlo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([miɾaˈɾia] versus [miˈɾaɾlo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "miraría" vs "mirarlo" - which ranks higher?
"mirarlo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,645 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 "mirarlo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,207 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miraría" and "mirarlo" 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 #55,207 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