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

#21,754
“mirarla” frequency rank
#23,138
“miraron” frequency rank
44892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mirarla miraron
Definition Mirar, con el enclítico la (pronombre). Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mirar o de mirarse.

Where the eye mixes mirarla and miraron

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

7 ch
mirarla
7 ch
miraron

Look-alike desk: mirarla vs miraron

A purely visual mix-up. mirarla ([miˈɾaɾla]) and miraron ([miˈɾaɾõn]) 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 44892, 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]. miraron is at rank #23,138, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾõn].

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 44892, this pair ranks #134,528 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mirarla vs miraron

Shared letters: aimr. Private to "mirarla": l. Private to "miraron": no.

"mirarla" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "miraron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mirarla ← imrarla · miarrla · miralra · miraral · mirarlla · mirarrla · mirrala · mirrarla
  • miraron ← imraron · miarron · miraorn · mirarno · miraronn · mirarron · mirraon · mirraron

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mirarla" for "miraron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([miˈɾaɾla] versus [miˈɾaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mirarla" vs "miraron" - which ranks higher?
"mirarla" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,754 in our Spanish list, against #23,138 for "miraron". 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 "miraron" 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 "miraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #134,528 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mirarla" and "miraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miraron vs mirón". 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 #134,528 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