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

#21,032
“interrumpe” frequency rank
#20,092
“interrumpió” frequency rank
41124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature interrumpe interrumpió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de interrumpir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de interrumpir.

Where the eye mixes interrumpe and interrumpió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. interrumpe runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCCV) against interrumpió's 11 (VCCVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
interrumpe
11 ch
interrumpió

Look-alike desk: interrumpe vs interrumpió

A purely visual mix-up. interrumpe ([ĩn̪t̪eˈrũmpe]) and interrumpió ([ĩn̪t̪erũmˈpjo]) 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 41124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

interrumpe is recorded at frequency rank #21,032, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪eˈrũmpe]. interrumpió is at rank #20,092, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪t̪erũmˈpjo].

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 41124, this pair ranks #155,403 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of interrumpe vs interrumpió

Shared letters: eimnprtu. Private to "interrumpe": -. Private to "interrumpió": ó.

"interrumpe" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "interrumpió" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • interrumpe ← inetrrumpe · innterrumpe · interrmupe · interrumep · interrummpe · interrumppe · interrupme · interumpe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "interrumpe" for "interrumpió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪t̪eˈrũmpe] versus [ĩn̪t̪erũmˈpjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "interrumpe" or "interrumpió"?
"interrumpió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,092 in our Spanish list, against #21,032 for "interrumpe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "interrumpe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interrumpió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #155,403 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "interrumpe" and "interrumpió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "interrumpa vs interrumpe". 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 #155,403 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