repartidoresvsrepartidosConfusable pair

Quick tell: repartidores is a adjective, repartidos is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,177
“repartidores” frequency rank
#17,271
“repartidos” frequency rank
63448
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartidores repartidos
Definition Forma del plural de repartidor. Forma del plural de repartido, participio de repartir.

Where the eye mixes repartidores and repartidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. repartidores runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCVCVC) against repartidos's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
repartidores
10 ch
repartidos

Visual trap between repartidores and repartidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repartidores is [repaɾt̪iˈð̞oɾes] while repartidos is [repaɾˈt̪ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartidores is recorded at frequency rank #46,177, classified as anadj, pronounced [repaɾt̪iˈð̞oɾes]. repartidos is at rank #17,271, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪ið̞os].

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 63448, this pair ranks #48,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repartidores vs repartidos

Shared letters: adeioprst. Private to "repartidores": -. Private to "repartidos": -.

"repartidores" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVCVC  ·  "repartidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartidores ← erpartidores · reaprtidores · reparitdores · reparrtidores · repartdiores · repartiddores · repartidoers · repartidoress
  • repartidos ← erpartidos · reaprtidos · reparitdos · reparrtidos · repartdios · repartiddos · repartidoss · repartidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repartidores" and "repartidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repartidores" is an adjective and "repartidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "repartidores" or "repartidos"?
"repartidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,271 in our Spanish list, against #46,177 for "repartidores". 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 "repartidores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,726 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartidores" and "repartidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartidor vs repartidores". 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 #48,726 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