Which to use
“recibía” is a verb and “recibo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,848
- “recibía” frequency rank
- #4,936
- “recibo” frequency rank
- 16784
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recibía | recibo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de recibir o de recibirse. | Acción o efecto de recibir. |
Where the eye mixes recibía and recibo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recibía is [resiˈβ̞ia] while recibo is [reˈsiβ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16784, 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]. recibo is at rank #4,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈsiβ̞o].
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 16784, this pair ranks #274,776 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recibía vs recibo
Shared letters: bceir. Private to "recibía": aí. Private to "recibo": o.
"recibía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "recibo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recibo ← ercibo · rceibo · recbio · reccibo · recibbo · reciob · recivo · reicbo