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

#36,737
“percibimos” frequency rank
#33,766
“percibió” frequency rank
70503
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature percibimos percibió
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de percibir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de percibir.

Where the eye mixes percibimos and percibió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. percibimos runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against percibió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
percibimos
8 ch
percibió

Look-alike desk: percibimos vs percibió

A purely visual mix-up. percibimos ([peɾsiˈβ̞imos]) and percibió ([peɾsiˈβ̞jo]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

percibimos is recorded at frequency rank #36,737, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞imos]. percibió is at rank #33,766, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞jo].

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 70503, this pair ranks #29,545 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of percibimos vs percibió

Shared letters: bceipr. Private to "percibimos": mos. Private to "percibió": ó.

"percibimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "percibió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • percibimos ← eprcibimos · pecribimos · percbiimos · perccibimos · percibbimos · percibimmos · percibimoss · percibimso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "percibimos" for "percibió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾsiˈβ̞imos] versus [peɾsiˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "percibimos" vs "percibió" - which ranks higher?
"percibió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,766 in our Spanish list, against #36,737 for "percibimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "percibimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "percibió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,545 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "percibimos" and "percibió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perciba vs percibió". 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 #29,545 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