REMvsremosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,225
“REM” frequency rank
#30,644
“remos” frequency rank
65869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature REM remos
Definition Fase del sueño durante la que suceden los ensueños más intensos. Durante esta fase, los ojos se mueven rápidamente y la actividad de las neuronas del cerebro se asemeja a la de cuando se está despierto. Forma del plural de remo.

Where the eye mixes REM and remos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. REM runs 3 letters (CVC) against remos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
REM
5 ch
remos

Visual trap between REM and remos

A purely visual mix-up. REM ([ˈrẽm]) and remos ([ˈremos]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “REM” sits inside “remos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

REM is recorded at frequency rank #35,225, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrẽm]. remos is at rank #30,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈremos].

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 65869, this pair ranks #41,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of REM vs remos

Shared letters: emr. Private to "REM": -. Private to "remos": os.

"REM" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "remos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remos ← ermos · remmos · remoss · remso · reoms · rmeos · rremos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "REM" and "remos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrẽm] versus [ˈremos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "REM" or "remos" show up more?
"remos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,644 in our Spanish list, against #35,225 for "REM". 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 "REM" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "REM" and "remos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "REM vs rema". 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 #41,405 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