surgió
[suɾˈxjo]
The verdict
“surgió” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,838
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de surgir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surgió |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suɾˈxjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “surgió” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around surgió (IPA [suɾˈxjo]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,838 among 34,953 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de surgir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for surgió, with forms such as "srugió", "ssurgió", and "sugrió". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "surgir", "surtir", "surtido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is surgió, spelled S-U-R-G-I-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de surgir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- srugió
- ssurgió
- sugrió
- surggió
- surgói
- surigó
- surrgió
- usrgió
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surgió - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "surgió"?
What does "surgió" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "surgió"?
How do you pronounce "surgió"?
What language does "surgió" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “surgió”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-R-G-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suɾˈxjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “surgir” - see the side-by-side comparison. surgió vs surgir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.