fingevsfingióWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,065
“finge” frequency rank
#36,052
“fingió” frequency rank
59117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finge fingió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de fingir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de fingir.

Where the eye mixes finge and fingió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
finge
6 ch
fingió

Visual trap between finge and fingió

A purely visual mix-up. finge ([ˈfĩŋxe]) and fingió ([fĩŋˈxjo]) 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 59117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finge is recorded at frequency rank #23,065, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfĩŋxe]. fingió is at rank #36,052, tagged as averb, pronounced [fĩŋˈxjo].

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 59117, this pair ranks #63,854 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of finge vs fingió

Shared letters: fgin. Private to "finge": e. Private to "fingió": ó.

"finge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "fingió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fingeffinge · figne · fineg · fingge · finnge · fnige · ifnge

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "finge" and "fingió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfĩŋxe] versus [fĩŋˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "finge" or "fingió"?
"finge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,065 in our Spanish list, against #36,052 for "fingió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fingió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,854 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finge" and "fingió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fingida vs fingió". 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 #63,854 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