repartidasvsrepartidorConfusable pair

Quick tell: repartidas is a participle, repartidor is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repartidas” is a participle and “repartidor” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,296
“repartidas” frequency rank
#25,028
“repartidor” frequency rank
49324
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartidas repartidor
Definition Forma del femenino plural de repartido, participio de repartir. Que reparte.

Where the eye mixes repartidas and repartidor

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. repartidas and repartidor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
repartidas
10 ch
repartidor

Why the eye confuses repartidas with repartidor

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repartidas is [repaɾˈt̪ið̞as] while repartidor is [repaɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartidas is recorded at frequency rank #24,296, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ið̞as]. repartidor is at rank #25,028, tagged as anadj, pronounced [repaɾt̪iˈð̞oɾ].

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 49324, this pair ranks #109,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartidas vs repartidor

Shared letters: adeiprt. Private to "repartidas": s. Private to "repartidor": o.

"repartidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC  ·  "repartidor" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartidas ← erpartidas · reaprtidas · reparitdas · reparrtidas · repartdias · repartiads · repartidass · repartiddas
  • repartidor ← erpartidor · reaprtidor · reparitdor · reparrtidor · repartdior · repartiddor · repartidorr · repartidro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repartidas" and "repartidor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repartidas" is a participle and "repartidor" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "repartidas" vs "repartidor" - which ranks higher?
"repartidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,296 in our Spanish list, against #25,028 for "repartidor". 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 "repartidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartidor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartidas" and "repartidor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartidas". 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 #109,487 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