removsreyWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#17,267
“remo” frequency rank
#492
“rey” frequency rank
17759
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remo rey
Definition Acción o efecto de remar. Monarca soberano de un reino.

Where the eye mixes remo and rey

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
remo
3 ch
rey

Visual trap between remo and rey

A purely visual mix-up. remo ([ˈremo]) and rey ([ˈrej]) 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 17759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remo is recorded at frequency rank #17,267, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈremo]. rey is at rank #492, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈrej].

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 17759, this pair ranks #270,818 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remo vs rey

Shared letters: er. Private to "remo": mo. Private to "rey": y.

"remo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rey" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remoermo · remmo · reom · rmeo · rremo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remo" and "rey" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈremo] versus [ˈrej]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "remo" or "rey" show up more?
"rey" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #492 in our Spanish list, against #17,267 for "remo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rey" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #270,818 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remo" and "rey" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remo vs rengo". 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 #270,818 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