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Which to use

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

#41,256
“concluía” frequency rank
#12,341
“concluido” frequency rank
53597
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concluía concluido
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de concluir. Participio de concluir.

Where the eye mixes concluía and concluido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. concluía runs 8 letters (CVCCCVVV) against concluido's 9 (CVCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concluía
9 ch
concluido

Why the eye confuses concluía with concluido

A purely visual mix-up. concluía ([kõŋˈklwia]) and concluido ([kõŋˈklwið̞o]) 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 53597, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concluía is recorded at frequency rank #41,256, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈklwia]. concluido is at rank #12,341, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈklwið̞o].

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 53597, this pair ranks #87,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of concluía vs concluido

Shared letters: clnou. Private to "concluía": . Private to "concluido": di.

"concluía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVVV  ·  "concluido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concluidocconcluido · cnocluido · cocnluido · conccluido · concliudo · conclluido · concludio · concluiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concluía" for "concluido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈklwia] versus [kõŋˈklwið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "concluía" or "concluido"?
"concluido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,341 in our Spanish list, against #41,256 for "concluía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "concluía" and "concluido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "concluía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concluido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,120 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concluía" and "concluido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concluía vs concluidas". 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 #87,120 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