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Which to use

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

#38,590
“concurrió” frequency rank
#23,722
“concurrir” frequency rank
62312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature concurrió concurrir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de concurrir. Hacerse presente algo o alguien en un lugar y tiempo en que otros también lo hacen.

Where the eye mixes concurrió and concurrir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. concurrió (CVCCVCCVV) and concurrir (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
concurrió
9 ch
concurrir

Visual trap between concurrió and concurrir

A purely visual mix-up. concurrió ([kõŋkuˈrjo]) and concurrir ([kõŋkuˈriɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “concurrió” becomes r in “concurrir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

concurrió is recorded at frequency rank #38,590, classified as averb, pronounced [kõŋkuˈrjo]. concurrir is at rank #23,722, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõŋkuˈriɾ].

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 62312, this pair ranks #52,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of concurrió vs concurrir

Shared letters: cinoru. Private to "concurrió": ó. Private to "concurrir": -.

"concurrió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV  ·  "concurrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concurrir ← cconcurrir · cnocurrir · cocnurrir · conccurrir · concrurir · concurir · concurirr · concurrirr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "concurrió" for "concurrir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kõŋkuˈrjo] versus [kõŋkuˈriɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "concurrió" or "concurrir"?
"concurrir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,722 in our Spanish list, against #38,590 for "concurrió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "concurrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "concurrió" and "concurrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "concurre vs concurrió". 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 #52,468 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