recargovsrepartoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: recargo is a verb, reparto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recargo” is a verb and “reparto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,536
“recargo” frequency rank
#5,663
“reparto” frequency rank
34199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recargo reparto
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de recargar. Relación de los personajes de una obra cinematográfica y de los actores que la encarnan. Se le adjudica a cada actor el personaje que le corresponde.

Where the eye mixes recargo and reparto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recargo and reparto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
recargo
7 ch
reparto

Why the eye confuses recargo with reparto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recargo is [reˈkaɾɣ̞o] while reparto is [reˈpaɾt̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recargo is recorded at frequency rank #28,536, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkaɾɣ̞o]. reparto is at rank #5,663, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈpaɾt̪o].

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 34199, this pair ranks #192,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recargo vs reparto

Shared letters: aeor. Private to "recargo": cg. Private to "reparto": pt.

"recargo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "reparto" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recargo ← ercargo · rceargo · reacrgo · recagro · recarggo · recarog · recarrgo · reccargo
  • reparto ← erparto · reaprto · reparot · reparrto · repartto · repatro · repparto · reprato

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recargo" and "reparto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recargo" is a verb and "reparto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recargo" vs "reparto" - which ranks higher?
"reparto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,663 in our Spanish list, against #28,536 for "recargo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recargo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reparto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #192,713 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recargo" and "reparto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recargo vs recargos". 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 #192,713 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