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

#45,570
“rema” frequency rank
#21,818
“remake” frequency rank
67388
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rema remake
Definition 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. Una nueva versión o adaptación de una película previamente estrenada.

Where the eye mixes rema and remake

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
rema
6 ch
remake

Look-alike desk: rema vs remake

A purely visual mix-up. rema ([ˈrema]) and remake ([riˈmejk]) 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) - “rema” sits inside “remake”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rema is recorded at frequency rank #45,570, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈrema]. remake is at rank #21,818, tagged as anoun, pronounced [riˈmejk].

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 67388, this pair ranks #37,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rema vs remake

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "rema": -. Private to "remake": k.

"rema" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "remake" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remaerma · ream · remma · rmea · rrema
  • remakeermake · reamke · remaek · remakke · remkae · remmake · rmeake · rremake

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rema" and "remake" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈrema] versus [riˈmejk]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rema" or "remake" show up more?
"remake" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,818 in our Spanish list, against #45,570 for "rema". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "rema" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,258 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rema" and "remake" 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 #37,258 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