Which to use
“escribió” and “escribo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,445
- “escribió” frequency rank
- #4,998
- “escribo” frequency rank
- 6443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escribió | escribo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de escribir o de escribirse. |
Where the eye mixes escribió and escribo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. escribió runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against escribo's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between escribió and escribo
A purely visual mix-up. escribió ([eskɾiˈβ̞jo]) and escribo ([esˈkɾiβ̞o]) 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 6443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escribió is recorded at frequency rank #1,445, classified as averb, pronounced [eskɾiˈβ̞jo]. escribo is at rank #4,998, tagged as averb, pronounced [esˈkɾiβ̞o].
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 6443, this pair ranks #310,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escribió vs escribo
Shared letters: bceirs. Private to "escribió": ó. Private to "escribo": o.
"escribió" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "escribo" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escribo ← ecsribo · esccribo · escirbo · escrbio · escribbo · escriob · escrivo · escrribo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "escribió" for "escribo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "escribió" vs "escribo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "escribió" and "escribo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "escribió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "escribo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escribió" and "escribo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "escribo vs estribor". 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 #310,766 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.