remojovsremotosTell them apart

Quick tell: remojo is a verb, remotos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remojo” is a verb and “remotos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,784
“remojo” frequency rank
#17,269
“remotos” frequency rank
64053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remojo remotos
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de remojar. Forma del plural de remoto.

Where the eye mixes remojo and remotos

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

6 ch
remojo
7 ch
remotos

Look-alike desk: remojo vs remotos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remojo is [reˈmoxo] while remotos is [reˈmot̪os]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remojo is recorded at frequency rank #46,784, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈmoxo]. remotos is at rank #17,269, tagged as anadj, pronounced [reˈmot̪os].

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 64053, this pair ranks #46,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remojo vs remotos

Shared letters: emor. Private to "remojo": j. Private to "remotos": st.

"remojo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "remotos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remojoermojo · remjoo · remmojo · remojjo · remooj · reomjo · rmeojo · rremojo
  • remotosermotos · remmotos · remoots · remotoss · remotso · remottos · remtoos · reomtos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remojo" for "remotos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remojo" is a verb and "remotos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remojo" or "remotos"?
"remotos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,269 in our Spanish list, against #46,784 for "remojo". 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 "remojo" and "remotos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remotos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remojo" and "remotos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relajo vs remojo". 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 #46,756 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