erigióvserigirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#34,569
“erigió” frequency rank
#30,458
“erigir” frequency rank
65027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature erigió erigir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de erigir. Constituir, levantar un edificio; también fundar.

Where the eye mixes erigió and erigir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. erigió (VCVCVV) and erigir (VCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
erigió
6 ch
erigir

Why the eye confuses erigió with erigir

A purely visual mix-up. erigió ([eɾiˈxjo]) and erigir ([eɾiˈxiɾ]) 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 - ó in “erigió” becomes r in “erigir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

erigió is recorded at frequency rank #34,569, classified as averb, pronounced [eɾiˈxjo]. erigir is at rank #30,458, tagged as averb, pronounced [eɾiˈxiɾ].

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 65027, this pair ranks #43,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of erigió vs erigir

Shared letters: egir. Private to "erigió": ó. Private to "erigir": -.

"erigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "erigir" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • erigir ← eirgir · ergiir · eriggir · erigirr · erigri · eriigr · errigir · reigir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "erigió" for "erigir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eɾiˈxjo] versus [eɾiˈxiɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "erigió" vs "erigir" - which ranks higher?
"erigir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,458 in our Spanish list, against #34,569 for "erigió". 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 "erigió" and "erigir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "erigió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "erigir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "erigió" and "erigir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erigida vs erigió". 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 #43,850 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