Which to use
“queman” and “quemen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,929
- “queman” frequency rank
- #28,898
- “quemen” frequency rank
- 43827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | queman | quemen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de quemar o de quemarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de quemar o de quemarse. |
Where the eye mixes queman and quemen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. queman and quemen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses queman with quemen
A purely visual mix-up. queman ([ˈkemãn]) and quemen ([ˈkemẽn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “queman” becomes e in “quemen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
queman is recorded at frequency rank #14,929, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkemãn]. quemen is at rank #28,898, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkemẽn].
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 43827, this pair ranks #140,470 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of queman vs quemen
Shared letters: emnqu. Private to "queman": a. Private to "quemen": -.
"queman" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "quemen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "queman" and "quemen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "queman" or "quemen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "queman" and "quemen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "queman" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quemen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,470 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "queman" and "quemen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quejen vs quemen". 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 #140,470 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.