Which to use
“confiesa” and “confieso” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,117
- “confiesa” frequency rank
- #12,999
- “confieso” frequency rank
- 25116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | confiesa | confieso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de confesar o de confesarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de confesar o de confesarse. |
Where the eye mixes confiesa and confieso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. confiesa and confieso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: confiesa vs confieso
A purely visual mix-up. confiesa ([kõɱˈfjesa]) and confieso ([kõɱˈfjeso]) 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 - a in “confiesa” becomes o in “confieso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
confiesa is recorded at frequency rank #12,117, classified as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfjesa]. confieso is at rank #12,999, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõɱˈfjeso].
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 25116, this pair ranks #237,929 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of confiesa vs confieso
Shared letters: cefinos. Private to "confiesa": a. Private to "confieso": -.
"confiesa" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "confieso" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "confiesa" and "confieso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "confiesa" or "confieso"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "confiesa" and "confieso" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "confiesa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "confieso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,929 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "confiesa" and "confieso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confieso vs confirió". 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 #237,929 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.