adherirvsadhirióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,346
“adherir” frequency rank
#43,347
“adhirió” frequency rank
86693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adherir adhirió
Definition Pegar₁ una cosa a otra. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adherir.

Where the eye mixes adherir and adhirió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adherir (VCCVCVC) and adhirió (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
adherir
7 ch
adhirió

Why the eye confuses adherir with adhirió

A purely visual mix-up. adherir ([að̞eˈɾiɾ]) and adhirió ([að̞iˈɾjo]) 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 86693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adherir is recorded at frequency rank #43,346, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞eˈɾiɾ]. adhirió is at rank #43,347, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞iˈɾjo].

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 86693, this pair ranks #5,089 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adherir vs adhirió

Shared letters: adhir. Private to "adherir": e. Private to "adhirió": ó.

"adherir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "adhirió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adherir ← addherir · adehrir · adheirr · adherirr · adherri · adherrir · adhherir · adhreir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adherir" and "adhirió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([að̞eˈɾiɾ] versus [að̞iˈɾjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "adherir" or "adhirió"?
"adherir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,346 in our Spanish list, against #43,347 for "adhirió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adherir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adhirió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,089 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adherir" and "adhirió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adherido vs adhirió". 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 #5,089 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