refirióvsremitióWhich spelling fits?

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“refirió” and “remitió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,718
“refirió” frequency rank
#34,752
“remitió” frequency rank
44470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature refirió remitió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de referir o de referirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de remitir.

Where the eye mixes refirió and remitió

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

7 ch
refirió
7 ch
remitió

Look-alike desk: refirió vs remitió

A purely visual mix-up. refirió ([refiˈɾjo]) and remitió ([remiˈt̪jo]) 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 44470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

refirió is recorded at frequency rank #9,718, classified as averb, pronounced [refiˈɾjo]. remitió is at rank #34,752, tagged as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪jo].

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 44470, this pair ranks #136,883 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of refirió vs remitió

Shared letters: eiró. Private to "refirió": f. Private to "remitió": mt.

"refirió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "remitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "refirió" and "remitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([refiˈɾjo] versus [remiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "refirió" vs "remitió" - which ranks higher?
"refirió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,718 in our Spanish list, against #34,752 for "remitió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "refirió" and "remitió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "refirió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,883 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "refirió" and "remitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remitidos vs remitió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #136,883 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