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

#42,108
“recemos” frequency rank
#25,038
“reímos” frequency rank
67146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recemos reímos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de rezar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de reír o de reírse.

Where the eye mixes recemos and reímos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recemos 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
recemos
6 ch
reímos

Visual trap between recemos and reímos

A purely visual mix-up. recemos ([reˈsemos]) and reímos ([reˈimos]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recemos is recorded at frequency rank #42,108, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsemos]. 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 67146, this pair ranks #37,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recemos vs reímos

Shared letters: emors. Private to "recemos": c. Private to "reímos": í.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recemos ← ercemos · reccemos · recemmos · recemoss · recemso · receoms · recmeos · reecmos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recemos" for "reímos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈsemos] versus [reˈimos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recemos" 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 #42,108 for "recemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recemos" 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 #37,917 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recemos" and "reímos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recemos vs recreos". 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 #37,917 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