racimosvsreímosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#32,367
“racimos” frequency rank
#25,038
“reímos” frequency rank
57405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature racimos reímos
Definition Forma del plural de racimo. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de reír o de reírse.

Where the eye mixes racimos and reímos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. racimos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against reímos's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
racimos
6 ch
reímos

Look-alike desk: racimos vs reímos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racimos is [raˈsimos] while reímos is [reˈimos]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

racimos is recorded at frequency rank #32,367, classified as anoun, pronounced [raˈsimos]. reímos is at rank #25,038, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈimos].

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 57405, this pair ranks #70,634 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of racimos vs reímos

Shared letters: mors. Private to "racimos": aci. Private to "reímos": .

"racimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "reímos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • racimosarcimos · raccimos · racimmos · racimoss · racioms · racmios · raicmos · rasimos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "racimos" for "reímos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "racimos" is a noun and "reímos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "racimos" vs "reímos" - which ranks higher?
"reímos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,038 in our Spanish list, against #32,367 for "racimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "racimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reímos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,634 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "racimos" and "reímos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabinos vs racimos". 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 #70,634 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