nacimosvsnaciónTell them apart

Quick tell: nacimos is a verb, nación is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nacimos” is a verb and “nación” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,695
“nacimos” frequency rank
#1,038
“nación” frequency rank
28733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nacimos nación
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de nacer. Comunidad de personas que comparten un legado cultural, étnico o histórico.

Where the eye mixes nacimos and nación

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
nacimos
6 ch
nación

Look-alike desk: nacimos vs nación

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nacimos is [naˈsimos] while nación is [naˈsjõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nacimos is recorded at frequency rank #27,695, classified as averb, pronounced [naˈsimos]. nación is at rank #1,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced [naˈsjõn].

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 28733, this pair ranks #220,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nacimos vs nación

Shared letters: acin. Private to "nacimos": mos. Private to "nación": ó.

"nacimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "nación" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nacimosancimos · naccimos · nacimmos · nacimoss · nacimso · nacioms · nacmios · naicmos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nacimos" and "nación" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nacimos" is a verb and "nación" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nacimos" vs "nación" - which ranks higher?
"nación" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,038 in our Spanish list, against #27,695 for "nacimos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nacimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nación" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,542 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nacimos" and "nación" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nacimos vs nacos". 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 #220,542 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