Which to use
“recibe” and “recibía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,914
- “recibe” frequency rank
- #11,848
- “recibía” frequency rank
- 13762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recibe | recibía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recibir o de recibirse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recibir o de recibirse. |
Where the eye mixes recibe and recibía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. recibe ([reˈsiβ̞e]) and recibía ([resiˈβ̞ia]) 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 13762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recibe is recorded at frequency rank #1,914, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈsiβ̞e]. recibía is at rank #11,848, tagged as averb, pronounced [resiˈβ̞ia].
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 13762, this pair ranks #286,644 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recibe vs recibía
Shared letters: bceir. Private to "recibe": -. Private to "recibía": aí.
"recibe" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "recibía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recibe ← ercibe · rceibe · recbie · reccibe · recibbe · recieb · recive · reicbe