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

#36,328
“tocarse” frequency rank
#26,259
“tomaré” frequency rank
62587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tocarse tomaré
Definition Tocar (uso pronominal de ...) Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de tomar o de tomarse.

Where the eye mixes tocarse and tomaré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
tocarse
6 ch
tomaré

Look-alike desk: tocarse vs tomaré

A purely visual mix-up. tocarse ([t̪oˈkaɾse]) and tomaré ([t̪omaˈɾe]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocarse is recorded at frequency rank #36,328, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪oˈkaɾse]. tomaré is at rank #26,259, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪omaˈɾe].

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 62587, this pair ranks #51,509 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tocarse vs tomaré

Shared letters: aort. Private to "tocarse": ces. Private to "tomaré": .

"tocarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "tomaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocarseotcarse · tcoarse · toacrse · tocarce · tocares · tocarrse · tocarsse · tocasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tocarse" for "tomaré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([t̪oˈkaɾse] versus [t̪omaˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tocarse" or "tomaré" show up more?
"tomaré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,259 in our Spanish list, against #36,328 for "tocarse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tocarse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,509 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tocarse" and "tomaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tocarse vs tomase". 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 #51,509 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