mirarlavsmirarloConfusable pair

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

#21,754
“mirarla” frequency rank
#16,645
“mirarlo” frequency rank
38399
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mirarla mirarlo
Definition Mirar, con el enclítico la (pronombre). Mirar, con el enclítico lo (pronombre).

Where the eye mixes mirarla and mirarlo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mirarla and mirarlo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
mirarla
7 ch
mirarlo

Look-alike desk: mirarla vs mirarlo

A purely visual mix-up. mirarla ([miˈɾaɾla]) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “mirarla” becomes o in “mirarlo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mirarla is recorded at frequency rank #21,754, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾla]. 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 38399, this pair ranks #170,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mirarla vs mirarlo

Shared letters: ailmr. Private to "mirarla": -. Private to "mirarlo": o.

"mirarla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "mirarlo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mirarla ← imrarla · miarrla · miralra · miraral · mirarlla · mirarrla · mirrala · mirrarla
  • mirarlo ← imrarlo · miarrlo · miralro · mirarllo · mirarol · mirarrlo · mirralo · mirrarlo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mirarla" and "mirarlo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([miˈɾaɾla] versus [miˈɾaɾlo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mirarla" or "mirarlo"?
"mirarlo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,645 in our Spanish list, against #21,754 for "mirarla". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mirarla" 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 #170,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mirarla" and "mirarlo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miraría vs mirarla". 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 #170,246 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