Which to use
“reír” is a verb and “rema” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,778
- “reír” frequency rank
- #45,570
- “rema” frequency rank
- 51348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reír | rema |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reírse (emitir sonidos de alegría con la boca). | En la gramática discursiva, parte de la oración que desarrolla el asunto al que el discurso ya hacía referencia, llamado por contraposición tema. En la mayoría de los casos coincide con la información nueva aportada por la oración o cláusula, y corresponde secuencialmente a la parte que sucede al tema. |
Where the eye mixes reír and rema
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. reír (CVVC) and rema (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: reír vs rema
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reír is [reˈiɾ] while rema is [ˈrema]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reír is recorded at frequency rank #5,778, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈiɾ]. rema is at rank #45,570, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrema].
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 51348, this pair ranks #98,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reír vs rema
Shared letters: er. Private to "reír": í. Private to "rema": am.
"reír" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "rema" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rema ← erma · ream · remma · rmea · rrema
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reír" for "rema" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reír" or "rema"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reír" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rema" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reír" and "rema" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rema vs riba". 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 #98,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.