remarcavsremeraWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,410
“remarca” frequency rank
#12,913
“remera” frequency rank
57323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarca remera
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de remarcar. Tripulante femenino que rema en una embarcación.

Where the eye mixes remarca and remera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remarca runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against remera's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
remarca
6 ch
remera

Why the eye confuses remarca with remera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remarca is [reˈmaɾka] while remera is [reˈmeɾa]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remarca is recorded at frequency rank #44,410, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈmaɾka]. remera is at rank #12,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈmeɾa].

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 57323, this pair ranks #70,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarca vs remera

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "remarca": c. Private to "remera": -.

"remarca" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "remera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarca ← ermarca · reamrca · remacra · remarac · remarcca · remarrca · remmarca · remraca
  • remera ← ermera · reemra · remear · remerra · remmera · remrea · rmeera · rremera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarca" for "remera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remarca" is a verb and "remera" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "remarca" or "remera" show up more?
"remera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,913 in our Spanish list, against #44,410 for "remarca". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarca" and "remera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recalca vs remarca". 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 #70,947 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