Which to use
“prohibió” and “prohibir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,683
- “prohibió” frequency rank
- #6,104
- “prohibir” frequency rank
- 18787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | prohibió | prohibir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de prohibir. | Negar el permiso o la posibilidad para la ejecución de una acción (o modo de obrar) o para el uso, consumo o presencia de algo en determinadas circunstancias. |
Where the eye mixes prohibió and prohibir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. prohibió (CCVCVCVV) and prohibir (CCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses prohibió with prohibir
A purely visual mix-up. prohibió ([pɾojˈβ̞jo]) and prohibir ([pɾojˈβ̞iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “prohibió” becomes r in “prohibir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
prohibió is recorded at frequency rank #12,683, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞jo]. prohibir is at rank #6,104, tagged as averb, pronounced [pɾojˈβ̞iɾ].
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 18787, this pair ranks #266,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of prohibió vs prohibir
Shared letters: bhiopr. Private to "prohibió": ó. Private to "prohibir": -.
"prohibió" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVV · "prohibir" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- prohibir ← porhibir · pprohibir · prhoibir · prohbiir · prohhibir · prohibbir · prohibirr · prohibri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "prohibió" for "prohibir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "prohibió" or "prohibir"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "prohibió" and "prohibir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "prohibir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "prohibió" and "prohibir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "prohíba vs prohibió". 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 #266,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.