remavsremarConfusable pair

Quick tell: rema is a noun, remar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rema” is a noun and “remar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,570
“rema” frequency rank
#25,789
“remar” frequency rank
71359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rema remar
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. Propulsar una embarcación usando remos.

Where the eye mixes rema and remar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rema runs 4 letters (CVCV) against remar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
rema
5 ch
remar

Visual trap between rema and remar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rema is [ˈrema] while remar is [reˈmaɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rema” sits inside “remar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71359, 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]. remar is at rank #25,789, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈmaɾ].

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 71359, this pair ranks #27,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rema vs remar

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "rema": -. Private to "remar": -.

"rema" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "remar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rema ← erma · ream · remma · rmea · rrema
  • remar ← ermar · reamr · remarr · remmar · remra · rmear · rremar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rema" and "remar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rema" is a noun and "remar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "rema" or "remar" show up more?
"remar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,789 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "rema" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rema" and "remar" 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 #27,695 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