remitidovsremitióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#25,790
“remitido” frequency rank
#34,752
“remitió” frequency rank
60542
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes remitido and remitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remitido runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against remitió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remitido
7 ch
remitió

Visual trap between remitido and remitió

A purely visual mix-up. remitido ([remiˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remitido is recorded at frequency rank #25,790, classified as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪ið̞o]. 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 60542, this pair ranks #58,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remitido vs remitió

Shared letters: eimrt. Private to "remitido": do. Private to "remitió": ó.

"remitido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "remitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remitidoermitido · reimtido · remiitdo · remitdio · remitiddo · remitiod · remittido · remmitido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remitido" and "remitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([remiˈt̪ið̞o] versus [remiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "remitido" or "remitió" show up more?
"remitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,790 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "remitido" 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 #58,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remitido" and "remitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remitidos vs remitió". 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 #58,574 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