Which to use
“extinguida” is a participle and “extinguió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,400
- “extinguida” frequency rank
- #47,132
- “extinguió” frequency rank
- 95532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extinguida | extinguió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de extinguido, participio de extinguir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de extinguir o de extinguirse. |
Where the eye mixes extinguida and extinguió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. extinguida runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVVCV) against extinguió's 9 (VCCVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: extinguida vs extinguió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extinguida is [ekst̪ĩŋˈgið̞a] while extinguió is [ekst̪ĩŋˈgjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extinguida is recorded at frequency rank #48,400, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ekst̪ĩŋˈgið̞a]. extinguió is at rank #47,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ĩŋˈgjo].
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 95532, this pair ranks #527 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of extinguida vs extinguió
Shared letters: egintux. Private to "extinguida": ad. Private to "extinguió": ó.
"extinguida" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCV · "extinguió" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extinguida ← etxinguida · exitnguida · extignuida · extingguida · extingiuda · extingudia · extinguiad · extinguidda
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extinguida" and "extinguió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "extinguida" vs "extinguió" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "extinguida" and "extinguió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "extinguida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extinguió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #527 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extinguida" and "extinguió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extingue vs extinguió". 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 #527 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.