remosvsrezosTell them apart

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

#30,644
“remos” frequency rank
#31,968
“rezos” frequency rank
62612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remos rezos
Definition Forma del plural de remo. Forma del plural de rezo.

Where the eye mixes remos and rezos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. remos and rezos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
remos
5 ch
rezos

Why the eye confuses remos with rezos

A purely visual mix-up. remos ([ˈremos]) and rezos ([ˈresos]) 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 a single letter - m in “remos” becomes z in “rezos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remos is recorded at frequency rank #30,644, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈremos]. rezos is at rank #31,968, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈresos].

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 62612, this pair ranks #51,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remos vs rezos

Shared letters: eors. Private to "remos": m. Private to "rezos": z.

"remos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rezos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remos ← ermos · remmos · remoss · remso · reoms · rmeos · rremos
  • rezos ← erzos · reozs · rezoss · rezso · rezzos · rrezos · rzeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remos" and "rezos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈremos] versus [ˈresos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remos" or "rezos"?
"remos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,644 in our Spanish list, against #31,968 for "rezos". 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 "remos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rezos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remos" and "rezos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rezamos vs rezos". 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 #51,432 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