remarcavsreparaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#44,410
“remarca” frequency rank
#28,918
“repara” frequency rank
73328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remarca repara
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de remarcar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reparar.

Where the eye mixes remarca and repara

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

7 ch
remarca
6 ch
repara

Visual trap between remarca and repara

A purely visual mix-up. remarca ([reˈmaɾka]) and repara ([reˈpaɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73328, 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]. repara is at rank #28,918, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈpaɾa].

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 73328, this pair ranks #23,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remarca vs repara

Shared letters: aer. Private to "remarca": cm. Private to "repara": p.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remarca ← ermarca · reamrca · remacra · remarac · remarcca · remarrca · remmarca · remraca
  • repara ← erpara · reapra · repaar · reppara · repraa · rpeara · rrepara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remarca" for "repara" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈmaɾka] versus [reˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remarca" vs "repara" - which ranks higher?
"repara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,918 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "remarca" and "repara" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remarca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remarca" and "repara" 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 #23,516 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