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Which to use

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

#48,040
“repartía” frequency rank
#46,178
“repartían” frequency rank
94218
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes repartía and repartían

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. repartía runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against repartían's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
repartía
9 ch
repartían

Look-alike desk: repartía vs repartían

A purely visual mix-up. repartía ([repaɾˈt̪ia]) and repartían ([repaɾˈt̪iãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “repartía” sits inside “repartían”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94218, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartía is recorded at frequency rank #48,040, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ia]. repartían is at rank #46,178, tagged as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iãn].

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 94218, this pair ranks #876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repartía vs repartían

Shared letters: aeprtí. Private to "repartía": -. Private to "repartían": n.

"repartía" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "repartían" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repartía" and "repartían" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪ia] versus [repaɾˈt̪iãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repartía" or "repartían"?
"repartían" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,178 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartían" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartía" and "repartían" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparan vs repartían". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #876 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