Which to use
“aburridos” is a participle and “aburrió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,324
- “aburridos” frequency rank
- #42,774
- “aburrió” frequency rank
- 60098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aburridos | aburrió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de aburrido, participio de aburrir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aburrir o de aburrirse. |
Where the eye mixes aburridos and aburrió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aburridos runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCVC) against aburrió's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: aburridos vs aburrió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aburridos is [aβ̞uˈrið̞os] while aburrió is [aβ̞uˈrjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aburridos is recorded at frequency rank #17,324, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [aβ̞uˈrið̞os]. aburrió is at rank #42,774, tagged as averb, pronounced [aβ̞uˈrjo].
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 60098, this pair ranks #60,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aburridos vs aburrió
Shared letters: abiru. Private to "aburridos": dos. Private to "aburrió": ó.
"aburridos" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC · "aburrió" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aburridos ← abburridos · abruridos · aburidos · aburirdos · aburrdios · aburriddos · aburridoss · aburridso
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "aburridos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aburrió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aburridos" and "aburrió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aburrí vs aburrió". 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 #60,158 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.