Which to use
“consigo” is a pronoun and “consiguió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,688
- “consigo” frequency rank
- #3,312
- “consiguió” frequency rank
- 7000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consigo | consiguió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Con él mismo o con ella misma: forma combinada de con (preposición) y sí₂ (pronombre personal reflexivo de tercera persona). | 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 consigo and consiguió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. consigo runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against consiguió's 9 (CVCCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: consigo vs consiguió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: consigo is [kõnˈsiɣ̞o] while consiguió is [kõnsiˈɣ̞jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7000, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consigo is recorded at frequency rank #3,688, classified as apron, pronounced [kõnˈsiɣ̞o]. 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 7000, this pair ranks #309,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of consigo vs consiguió
Shared letters: cginos. Private to "consigo": -. Private to "consiguió": uó.
"consigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "consiguió" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- consigo ← cconsigo · cnosigo · concigo · conisgo · connsigo · consgio · consiggo · consiog
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "consigo" and "consiguió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "consigo" or "consiguió"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "consigo" and "consiguió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "consigo" 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 #309,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consigo" and "consiguió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cansino vs consigo". 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 #309,216 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.