concurrevsconcurrióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,670
“concurre” frequency rank
#38,590
“concurrió” frequency rank
86260
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurre concurrió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de concurrir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de concurrir.

Where the eye mixes concurre and concurrió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. concurre runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against concurrió's 9 (CVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
concurre
9 ch
concurrió

Why the eye confuses concurre with concurrió

A purely visual mix-up. concurre ([kõŋˈkure]) and concurrió ([kõŋkuˈrjo]) 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 86260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurre is recorded at frequency rank #47,670, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋˈkure]. concurrió is at rank #38,590, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋkuˈrjo].

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 86260, this pair ranks #5,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concurre vs concurrió

Shared letters: cnoru. Private to "concurre": e. Private to "concurrió": ió.

"concurre" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "concurrió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurre ← cconcurre · cnocurre · cocnurre · conccurre · concrure · concure · concurer · conncurre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurre" for "concurrió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋˈkure] versus [kõŋkuˈrjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "concurre" vs "concurrió" - which ranks higher?
"concurrió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,590 in our Spanish list, against #47,670 for "concurre". 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 "concurre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurre" and "concurrió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurre vs concurren". 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 #5,432 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