dirigimosvsdirigióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#19,993
“dirigimos” frequency rank
#4,701
“dirigió” frequency rank
24694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dirigimos dirigió
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dirigir o de dirigirse.

Where the eye mixes dirigimos and dirigió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dirigimos runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against dirigió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
dirigimos
7 ch
dirigió

Visual trap between dirigimos and dirigió

A purely visual mix-up. dirigimos ([d̪iɾiˈximos]) and dirigió ([d̪iɾiˈxjo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dirigimos is recorded at frequency rank #19,993, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈximos]. dirigió is at rank #4,701, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iɾiˈxjo].

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 24694, this pair ranks #239,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dirigimos vs dirigió

Shared letters: dgir. Private to "dirigimos": mos. Private to "dirigió": ó.

"dirigimos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "dirigió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dirigimos ← ddirigimos · diirgimos · dirgiimos · diriggimos · dirigimmos · dirigimoss · dirigimso · dirigioms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dirigimos" and "dirigió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iɾiˈximos] versus [d̪iɾiˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dirigimos" or "dirigió"?
"dirigió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,701 in our Spanish list, against #19,993 for "dirigimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dirigimos" and "dirigió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dirigimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dirigió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,928 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dirigimos" and "dirigió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dirigimos vs dividimos". 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 #239,928 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