Which to use
“recibía” and “recibir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,848
- “recibía” frequency rank
- #1,272
- “recibir” frequency rank
- 13120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recibía | recibir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recibir o de recibirse. | Tomar alguien algo que se le da o se le envía. |
Where the eye mixes recibía and recibir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. recibía ([resiˈβ̞ia]) and recibir ([resiˈβ̞iɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recibía is recorded at frequency rank #11,848, classified as averb, pronounced [resiˈβ̞ia]. recibir is at rank #1,272, tagged as averb, pronounced [resiˈβ̞iɾ].
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 13120, this pair ranks #289,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recibía vs recibir
Shared letters: bceir. Private to "recibía": aí. Private to "recibir": -.
"recibía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "recibir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recibir ← ercibir · rceibir · recbiir · reccibir · recibbir · recibirr · recibri · reciibr