repartenvsrepartíaWhat's the difference?

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

#20,804
“reparten” frequency rank
#48,040
“repartía” frequency rank
68844
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparten repartía
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de repartir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de repartir.

Where the eye mixes reparten and repartía

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

8 ch
reparten
8 ch
repartía

Why the eye confuses reparten with repartía

A purely visual mix-up. reparten ([reˈpaɾt̪ẽn]) and repartía ([repaɾˈt̪ia]) 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 68844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparten is recorded at frequency rank #20,804, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpaɾt̪ẽn]. repartía is at rank #48,040, tagged as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ia].

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 68844, this pair ranks #33,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reparten vs repartía

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "reparten": n. Private to "repartía": í.

"reparten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "repartía" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartenerparten · reaprten · reparetn · reparrten · repartenn · repartne · repartten · repatren

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reparten" and "repartía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpaɾt̪ẽn] versus [repaɾˈt̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reparten" or "repartía" show up more?
"reparten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,804 in our Spanish list, against #48,040 for "repartía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparten" and "repartía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartían". 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 #33,488 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