Which to use
“misión” is a noun and “mismos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,323
- “misión” frequency rank
- #675
- “mismos” frequency rank
- 1998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | misión | mismos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Encargo especial que se da a uno para que desempeñe algún negocio. | Forma del plural de mismo. |
Where the eye mixes misión and mismos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. misión (CVCVVC) and mismos (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses misión with mismos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: misión is [miˈsjõn] while mismos is [ˈmismos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
misión is recorded at frequency rank #1,323, classified as anoun, pronounced [miˈsjõn]. mismos is at rank #675, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmismos].
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 1998, this pair ranks #321,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of misión vs mismos
Shared letters: ims. Private to "misión": nó. Private to "mismos": o.
"misión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "mismos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mismos ← imsmos · mimsos · mismmos · mismoss · mismso · misoms · missmos · mmismos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "misión" for "mismos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "misión" vs "mismos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "misión" and "mismos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "misión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mismos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "misión" and "mismos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirón vs misión". 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 #321,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.