conseguidovsconsiguióWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#2,816
“conseguido” frequency rank
#3,312
“consiguió” frequency rank
6128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conseguido consiguió
Definition Participio de conseguir o de conseguirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de conseguir o de conseguirse.

Where the eye mixes conseguido and consiguió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. conseguido runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVVCV) against consiguió's 9 (CVCCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
conseguido
9 ch
consiguió

Visual trap between conseguido and consiguió

A purely visual mix-up. conseguido ([kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o]) and consiguió ([kõnsiˈɣ̞jo]) 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 6128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conseguido is recorded at frequency rank #2,816, classified as averb, pronounced [kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o]. consiguió is at rank #3,312, tagged as averb, pronounced [kõnsiˈɣ̞jo].

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 6128, this pair ranks #311,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conseguido vs consiguió

Shared letters: cginosu. Private to "conseguido": de. Private to "consiguió": ó.

"conseguido" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCV  ·  "consiguió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conseguido ← cconseguido · cnoseguido · conceguido · conesguido · connseguido · consegguido · consegiudo · consegudio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conseguido" and "consiguió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kõnseˈɣ̞ið̞o] versus [kõnsiˈɣ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "conseguido" vs "consiguió" - which ranks higher?
"conseguido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,816 in our Spanish list, against #3,312 for "consiguió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conseguido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "consiguió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,670 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conseguido" and "consiguió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conseguían vs conseguido". 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 #311,670 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