reciénvsremitenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: recién is a adverb, remiten is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recién” is an adverb and “remiten” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,423
“recién” frequency rank
#41,602
“remiten” frequency rank
43025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recién remiten
Definition Recientemente Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de remitir.

Where the eye mixes recién and remiten

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

6 ch
recién
7 ch
remiten

Visual trap between recién and remiten

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recién is [reˈsjẽn] while remiten is [reˈmit̪ẽn]. 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 (adverb vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recién is recorded at frequency rank #1,423, classified as anadv, pronounced [reˈsjẽn]. remiten is at rank #41,602, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈmit̪ẽn].

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 43025, this pair ranks #144,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recién vs remiten

Shared letters: einr. Private to "recién": . Private to "remiten": mt.

"recién" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "remiten" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remitenermiten · reimten · remietn · remitenn · remitne · remitten · remmiten · remtien

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recién" and "remiten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recién" is an adverb and "remiten" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recién" vs "remiten" - which ranks higher?
"recién" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,423 in our Spanish list, against #41,602 for "remiten". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recién" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remiten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recién" and "remiten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remiten vs repites". 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 #144,956 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