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

#22,098
“mirarme” frequency rank
#44,318
“miraste” frequency rank
66416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mirarme miraste
Definition Mirar, con el enclítico me (pronombre). Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mirar o de mirarse.

Where the eye mixes mirarme and miraste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mirarme and miraste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
mirarme
7 ch
miraste

Look-alike desk: mirarme vs miraste

A purely visual mix-up. mirarme ([miˈɾaɾme]) and miraste ([miˈɾast̪e]) 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 66416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mirarme is recorded at frequency rank #22,098, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾme]. miraste is at rank #44,318, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈɾast̪e].

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 66416, this pair ranks #39,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mirarme vs miraste

Shared letters: aeimr. Private to "mirarme": -. Private to "miraste": st.

"mirarme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "miraste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mirarme ← imrarme · miarrme · miramre · mirarem · mirarmme · mirarrme · mirrame · mirrarme
  • miraste ← imraste · miarste · miraset · mirasste · mirastte · miratse · mirraste · mirsate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mirarme" and "miraste" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([miˈɾaɾme] versus [miˈɾast̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mirarme" vs "miraste" - which ranks higher?
"mirarme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,098 in our Spanish list, against #44,318 for "miraste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "mirarme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "miraste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mirarme" and "miraste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miraste vs mírate". 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 #39,939 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