sabemosvssalimosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#921
“sabemos” frequency rank
#4,940
“salimos” frequency rank
5861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sabemos salimos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de saber. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de salir o de salirse.

Where the eye mixes sabemos and salimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
sabemos
7 ch
salimos

Look-alike desk: sabemos vs salimos

A purely visual mix-up. sabemos ([saˈβ̞emos]) and salimos ([saˈlimos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sabemos is recorded at frequency rank #921, classified as averb, pronounced [saˈβ̞emos]. salimos is at rank #4,940, tagged as averb, pronounced [saˈlimos].

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 5861, this pair ranks #312,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sabemos vs salimos

Shared letters: amos. Private to "sabemos": be. Private to "salimos": il.

"sabemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "salimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sabemosasbemos · sabbemos · sabemmos · sabemoss · sabemso · sabeoms · sabmeos · saebmos
  • salimosaslimos · sailmos · salimmos · salimoss · salimso · salioms · sallimos · salmios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sabemos" and "salimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([saˈβ̞emos] versus [saˈlimos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sabemos" vs "salimos" - which ranks higher?
"sabemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #921 in our Spanish list, against #4,940 for "salimos". 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 "sabemos" and "salimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sabemos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,463 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sabemos" and "salimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salimos vs saltamos". 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 #312,463 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