rajarvsremarTell them apart

Which to use

“rajar” and “remar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,807
“rajar” frequency rank
#25,789
“remar” frequency rank
69596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rajar remar
Definition Dividir en trozos por medio de hendeduras practicadas a golpe. Propulsar una embarcación usando remos.

Where the eye mixes rajar and remar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rajar and remar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
rajar
5 ch
remar

Visual trap between rajar and remar

A purely visual mix-up. rajar ([raˈxaɾ]) and remar ([reˈmaɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rajar is recorded at frequency rank #43,807, classified as averb, pronounced [raˈxaɾ]. remar is at rank #25,789, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈmaɾ].

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 69596, this pair ranks #31,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rajar vs remar

Shared letters: ar. Private to "rajar": j. Private to "remar": em.

"rajar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "remar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rajar ← arjar · raajr · rajarr · rajjar · rajra · rjaar · rrajar
  • remar ← ermar · reamr · remarr · remmar · remra · rmear · rremar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rajar" and "remar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([raˈxaɾ] versus [reˈmaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rajar" or "remar" show up more?
"remar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,789 in our Spanish list, against #43,807 for "rajar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rajar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,624 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rajar" and "remar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rajar vs rajo". 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 #31,624 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