tocamosvstomemosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#26,258
“tocamos” frequency rank
#16,230
“tomemos” frequency rank
42488
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tocamos tomemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de tocar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de tomar o de tomarse.

Where the eye mixes tocamos and tomemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tocamos and tomemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
tocamos
7 ch
tomemos

Look-alike desk: tocamos vs tomemos

A purely visual mix-up. tocamos ([t̪oˈkamos]) and tomemos ([t̪oˈmemos]) 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 42488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocamos is recorded at frequency rank #26,258, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪oˈkamos]. tomemos is at rank #16,230, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪oˈmemos].

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 42488, this pair ranks #147,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tocamos vs tomemos

Shared letters: most. Private to "tocamos": ac. Private to "tomemos": e.

"tocamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tomemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocamos ← otcamos · tcoamos · toacmos · tocammos · tocamoss · tocamso · tocaoms · toccamos
  • tomemos ← otmemos · tmoemos · toemmos · tomemmos · tomemoss · tomemso · tomeoms · tommemos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tocamos" and "tomemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪oˈkamos] versus [t̪oˈmemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tocamos" or "tomemos" show up more?
"tomemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,230 in our Spanish list, against #26,258 for "tocamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tocamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tocamos" and "tomemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tamos vs tocamos". 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 #147,925 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