remosvsRojosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: remos is a noun, Rojos is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“remos” is a noun and “Rojos” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,644
“remos” frequency rank
#5,042
“Rojos” frequency rank
35686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remos Rojos
Definition Forma del plural de remo. Apellido

Where the eye mixes remos and Rojos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
remos
5 ch
Rojos

Why the eye confuses remos with Rojos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remos is [ˈremos] while Rojos is [ˈroxos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35686, 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]. Rojos is at rank #5,042, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈroxos].

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 35686, this pair ranks #184,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remos vs Rojos

Shared letters: ors. Private to "remos": em. Private to "Rojos": j.

"remos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Rojos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remosermos · remmos · remoss · remso · reoms · rmeos · rremos
  • Rojosorjos · rjoos · rojjos · rojoss · rojso · roojs · rrojos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remos" for "Rojos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "remos" is a noun and "Rojos" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "remos" or "Rojos"?
"Rojos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,042 in our Spanish list, against #30,644 for "remos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rojos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remos" and "Rojos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remos vs rezamos". 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 #184,725 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