remitióvsresistióTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,752
“remitió” frequency rank
#22,174
“resistió” frequency rank
56926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes remitió and resistió

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

7 ch
remitió
8 ch
resistió

Why the eye confuses remitió with resistió

A purely visual mix-up. remitió ([remiˈt̪jo]) and resistió ([resisˈt̪jo]) 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 56926, 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]. resistió is at rank #22,174, tagged as averb, pronounced [resisˈt̪jo].

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 56926, this pair ranks #72,548 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remitió vs resistió

Shared letters: eirtó. Private to "remitió": m. Private to "resistió": s.

"remitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "resistió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remitió" for "resistió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([remiˈt̪jo] versus [resisˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remitió" vs "resistió" - which ranks higher?
"resistió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,174 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "remitió" and "resistió" 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 "resistió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,548 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remitió" and "resistió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remitidos vs remitió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #72,548 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