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

#34,752
“remitió” frequency rank
#26,212
“remitir” frequency rank
60964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remitió remitir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de remitir. Enviar algo a algún destino o destinatario.

Where the eye mixes remitió and remitir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remitió (CVCVCVV) and remitir (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
remitió
7 ch
remitir

Why the eye confuses remitió with remitir

A purely visual mix-up. remitió ([remiˈt̪jo]) and remitir ([remiˈt̪iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “remitió” becomes r in “remitir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remitió is recorded at frequency rank #34,752, classified as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪jo]. remitir is at rank #26,212, tagged as averb, pronounced [remiˈt̪iɾ].

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 60964, this pair ranks #57,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remitió vs remitir

Shared letters: eimrt. Private to "remitió": ó. Private to "remitir": -.

"remitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "remitir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remitirermitir · reimtir · remiitr · remitirr · remitri · remittir · remmitir · remtiir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "remitió" and "remitir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([remiˈt̪jo] versus [remiˈt̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "remitió" or "remitir"?
"remitir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,212 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 "remitió" and "remitir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remitir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remitió" and "remitir" 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 #57,080 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