repartidovsrepetidoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,490
“repartido” frequency rank
#13,556
“repetido” frequency rank
36046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartido repetido
Definition Participio de repartir. Participio de repetir.

Where the eye mixes repartido and repetido

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

9 ch
repartido
8 ch
repetido

Look-alike desk: repartido vs repetido

A purely visual mix-up. repartido ([repaɾˈt̪ið̞o]) and repetido ([repeˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 36046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartido is recorded at frequency rank #22,490, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ið̞o]. repetido is at rank #13,556, tagged as averb, pronounced [repeˈt̪ið̞o].

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 36046, this pair ranks #182,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartido vs repetido

Shared letters: deioprt. Private to "repartido": a. Private to "repetido": -.

"repartido" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "repetido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartido ← erpartido · reaprtido · reparitdo · reparrtido · repartdio · repartiddo · repartiod · reparttido
  • repetido ← erpetido · reeptido · repeitdo · repetdio · repetiddo · repetiod · repettido · reppetido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repartido" and "repetido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪ið̞o] versus [repeˈt̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repartido" or "repetido"?
"repetido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,556 in our Spanish list, against #22,490 for "repartido". 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 "repartido" and "repetido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repetido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartido" and "repetido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartido". 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 #182,782 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