invictovsinvirtióTell them apart

Quick tell: invicto is a adjective, invirtió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“invicto” is an adjective and “invirtió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,095
“invicto” frequency rank
#22,403
“invirtió” frequency rank
42498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invicto invirtió
Definition Que no ha sido vencido Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de invertir.

Where the eye mixes invicto and invirtió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. invicto runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against invirtió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
invicto
8 ch
invirtió

Look-alike desk: invicto vs invirtió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: invicto is [ĩmˈbikt̪o] while invirtió is [ĩmbiɾˈt̪jo]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invicto is recorded at frequency rank #20,095, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩmˈbikt̪o]. invirtió is at rank #22,403, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩmbiɾˈt̪jo].

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 42498, this pair ranks #147,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invicto vs invirtió

Shared letters: intv. Private to "invicto": co. Private to "invirtió": ró.

"invicto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "invirtió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invicto ← inbicto · inivcto · innvicto · invcito · inviccto · invicot · invictto · invitco

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invicto" and "invirtió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invicto" is an adjective and "invirtió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "invicto" vs "invirtió" - which ranks higher?
"invicto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,095 in our Spanish list, against #22,403 for "invirtió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "invicto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invirtió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invicto" and "invirtió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Índico vs invicto". 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 #147,861 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