Which to use
“quemado” is an adjective and “quemamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,303
- “quemado” frequency rank
- #46,153
- “quemamos” frequency rank
- 54456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quemado | quemamos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dicho de una persona: que tiene las facultades mentales disminuidas debido al consumo de sustancias que alteran el estado de conciencia. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de quemar o de quemarse. |
Where the eye mixes quemado and quemamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. quemado runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against quemamos's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between quemado and quemamos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quemado is [keˈmað̞o] while quemamos is [keˈmamos]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quemado is recorded at frequency rank #8,303, classified as anadj, pronounced [keˈmað̞o]. quemamos is at rank #46,153, tagged as averb, pronounced [keˈmamos].
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 54456, this pair ranks #83,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quemado vs quemamos
Shared letters: aemoqu. Private to "quemado": d. Private to "quemamos": s.
"quemado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "quemamos" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quemado" and "quemamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "quemado" or "quemamos"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "quemado" and "quemamos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quemado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quemamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quemado" and "quemamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quemamos vs quemas". 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 #83,236 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.