NemesiovsnémesisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Nemesio is a name, némesis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Nemesio” is a name and “némesis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,951
“Nemesio” frequency rank
#45,476
“némesis” frequency rank
93427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nemesio némesis
Definition Nombre de pila de varón. Persona enemiga jurada o principal.

Where the eye mixes Nemesio and némesis

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

7 ch
Nemesio
7 ch
némesis

Look-alike desk: Nemesio vs némesis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Nemesio is [neˈmesjo] while némesis is [ˈnemesis]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nemesio is recorded at frequency rank #47,951, classified as aname, pronounced [neˈmesjo]. némesis is at rank #45,476, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnemesis].

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 93427, this pair ranks #1,151 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Nemesio vs némesis

Shared letters: eimns. Private to "Nemesio": o. Private to "némesis": é.

"Nemesio" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "némesis" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nemesio ← enmesio · neemsio · nemecio · nemeiso · nemesoi · nemessio · nemmesio · nemseio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Nemesio" for "némesis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nemesio" is a name and "némesis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Nemesio" vs "némesis" - which ranks higher?
"némesis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,476 in our Spanish list, against #47,951 for "Nemesio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Nemesio" and "némesis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nemesio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "némesis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,151 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nemesio" and "némesis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "necesito vs Nemesio". 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 #1,151 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