miraronvsmirónWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: miraron is a verb, mirón is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“miraron” is a verb and “mirón” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,138
“miraron” frequency rank
#44,867
“mirón” frequency rank
68005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miraron mirón
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mirar o de mirarse. Dicho de una persona, que se dedica a fisgonear o mirar indiscretamente, en especial cosas que no le incumben o bien por morbo sexual.

Where the eye mixes miraron and mirón

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. miraron runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against mirón's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
miraron
5 ch
mirón

Look-alike desk: miraron vs mirón

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: miraron is [miˈɾaɾõn] while mirón is [miˈɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miraron is recorded at frequency rank #23,138, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈɾaɾõn]. mirón is at rank #44,867, tagged as anadj, pronounced [miˈɾõn].

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 68005, this pair ranks #35,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miraron vs mirón

Shared letters: imnr. Private to "miraron": ao. Private to "mirón": ó.

"miraron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "mirón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miraron ← imraron · miarron · miraorn · mirarno · miraronn · mirarron · mirraon · mirraron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "miraron" and "mirón" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miraron" is a verb and "mirón" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "miraron" vs "mirón" - which ranks higher?
"miraron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,138 in our Spanish list, against #44,867 for "mirón". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "miraron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mirón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miraron" and "mirón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minor 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 #35,641 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