repartidavsrepartirWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: repartida is a participle, repartir is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repartida” is a participle and “repartir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,291
“repartida” frequency rank
#11,128
“repartir” frequency rank
48419
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartida repartir
Definition Forma del femenino de repartido, participio de repartir. Dividir algo entre varios destinos, personas, etc.

Where the eye mixes repartida and repartir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repartida runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against repartir's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
repartida
8 ch
repartir

Look-alike desk: repartida vs repartir

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repartida is [repaɾˈt̪ið̞a] while repartir is [repaɾˈt̪iɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartida is recorded at frequency rank #37,291, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ið̞a]. repartir is at rank #11,128, tagged as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iɾ].

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 48419, this pair ranks #114,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartida vs repartir

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "repartida": d. Private to "repartir": -.

"repartida" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "repartir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartida ← erpartida · reaprtida · reparitda · reparrtida · repartdia · repartiad · repartidda · reparttida
  • repartir ← erpartir · reaprtir · reparitr · reparrtir · repartirr · repartri · reparttir · repatrir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repartida" and "repartir" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repartida" is a participle and "repartir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "repartida" or "repartir"?
"repartir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,128 in our Spanish list, against #37,291 for "repartida". 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 "repartida" and "repartir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartida" and "repartir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartida". 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 #114,597 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