Which to use
“confesó” and “confiesa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,007
- “confesó” frequency rank
- #12,117
- “confiesa” frequency rank
- 23124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confesó | confiesa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de confesar o de confesarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confesar o de confesarse. |
Where the eye mixes confesó and confiesa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between confesó and confiesa
A purely visual mix-up. confesó ([kõɱfeˈso]) and confiesa ([kõɱˈfjesa]) 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 23124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confesó is recorded at frequency rank #11,007, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱfeˈso]. confiesa is at rank #12,117, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfjesa].
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 23124, this pair ranks #247,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of confesó vs confiesa
Shared letters: cefnos. Private to "confesó": ó. Private to "confiesa": ai.
"confesó" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "confiesa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- confiesa ← cconfiesa · cnofiesa · cofniesa · confeisa · conffiesa · confieas · confiessa · confisea
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confesó" and "confiesa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "confesó" or "confiesa" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "confesó" and "confiesa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confesó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confiesa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confesó" and "confiesa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confesó vs converso". 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 #247,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.