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

#20,657
“disuelto” frequency rank
#26,816
“disuelve” frequency rank
47473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disuelto disuelve
Definition Participio irregular de disolver. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de disolver.

Where the eye mixes disuelto and disuelve

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. disuelto and disuelve follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
disuelto
8 ch
disuelve

Visual trap between disuelto and disuelve

A purely visual mix-up. disuelto ([d̪iˈswel̪t̪o]) and disuelve ([d̪iˈswelβ̞e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disuelto is recorded at frequency rank #20,657, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈswel̪t̪o]. disuelve is at rank #26,816, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈswelβ̞e].

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 47473, this pair ranks #119,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disuelto vs disuelve

Shared letters: deilsu. Private to "disuelto": ot. Private to "disuelve": v.

"disuelto" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "disuelve" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disuelto ← ddisuelto · diseulto · dissuelto · disuellto · disuelot · disueltto · disuetlo · disuleto
  • disuelve ← ddisuelve · diseulve · dissuelve · disuelbe · disuelev · disuellve · disuelvve · disuevle

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "disuelto" for "disuelve" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈswel̪t̪o] versus [d̪iˈswelβ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disuelto" vs "disuelve" - which ranks higher?
"disuelto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,657 in our Spanish list, against #26,816 for "disuelve". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disuelto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disuelve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #119,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disuelto" and "disuelve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disuelta vs disuelve". 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 #119,860 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