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

#12,913
“remera” frequency rank
#31,541
“romería” frequency rank
44454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remera romería
Definition Tripulante femenino que rema en una embarcación. Viaje o peregrinación, especialmente la que se hace por devoción a un santuario.

Where the eye mixes remera and romería

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

6 ch
remera
7 ch
romería

Visual trap between remera and romería

A purely visual mix-up. remera ([reˈmeɾa]) and romería ([romeˈɾia]) 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 44454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remera is recorded at frequency rank #12,913, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈmeɾa]. romería is at rank #31,541, tagged as anoun, pronounced [romeˈɾia].

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 44454, this pair ranks #136,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remera vs romería

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "remera": -. Private to "romería": oí.

"remera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "romería" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remera ← ermera · reemra · remear · remerra · remmera · remrea · rmeera · rremera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remera" for "romería" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈmeɾa] versus [romeˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "remera" or "romería" show up more?
"remera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,913 in our Spanish list, against #31,541 for "romería". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "romería" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remera" and "romería" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramera vs romería". 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 #136,972 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