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

#48,040
“repartía” frequency rank
#31,095
“repartió” frequency rank
79135
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartía repartió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de repartir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de repartir.

Where the eye mixes repartía and repartió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repartía and repartió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
repartía
8 ch
repartió

Why the eye confuses repartía with repartió

A purely visual mix-up. repartía ([repaɾˈt̪ia]) and repartió ([repaɾˈt̪jo]) 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 79135, 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]. repartió is at rank #31,095, tagged as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪jo].

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 79135, this pair ranks #13,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repartía vs repartió

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "repartía": í. Private to "repartió": ió.

"repartía" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "repartió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repartía" and "repartió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪ia] versus [repaɾˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repartía" vs "repartió" - which ranks higher?
"repartió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,095 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "repartía" and "repartió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartía" and "repartió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartían". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,438 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