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

#46,178
“repartían” frequency rank
#31,095
“repartió” frequency rank
77273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartían repartió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) 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 repartían and repartió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repartían runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against repartió's 8 (CVCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
repartían
8 ch
repartió

Visual trap between repartían and repartió

A purely visual mix-up. repartían ([repaɾˈt̪iãn]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartían is recorded at frequency rank #46,178, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iãn]. 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 77273, this pair ranks #16,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repartían vs repartió

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "repartían": ní. Private to "repartió": ió.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repartían" for "repartió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪iãn] versus [repaɾˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "repartían" 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 #46,178 for "repartían". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartían" 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 #16,287 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartían" and "repartió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartían". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,287 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