Which to use
“arrepentido” is an adjective and “arrepintió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,598
- “arrepentido” frequency rank
- #43,389
- “arrepintió” frequency rank
- 60987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrepentido | arrepintió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que se siente culpable por algo que ha hecho con anterioridad hasta el punto de desear que no hubiera pasado. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de arrepentirse. |
Where the eye mixes arrepentido and arrepintió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. arrepentido runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCCVCV) against arrepintió's 10 (VCCVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arrepentido vs arrepintió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: arrepentido is [arepẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o] while arrepintió is [arepĩn̪ˈt̪jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrepentido is recorded at frequency rank #17,598, classified as anadj, pronounced [arepẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]. arrepintió is at rank #43,389, tagged as averb, pronounced [arepĩn̪ˈt̪jo].
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 60987, this pair ranks #57,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of arrepentido vs arrepintió
Shared letters: aeinprt. Private to "arrepentido": do. Private to "arrepintió": ó.
"arrepentido" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCV · "arrepintió" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- arrepentido ← arepentido · arerpentido · arreepntido · arrepenitdo · arrepenntido · arrepentdio · arrepentiddo · arrepentiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arrepentido" for "arrepintió" ever safe?
Which is more common, "arrepentido" or "arrepintió"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrepentido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arrepintió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrepentido" and "arrepintió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrepentir vs arrepintió". 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 #57,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.