repartióvsrepitióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,095
“repartió” frequency rank
#13,557
“repitió” frequency rank
44652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartió repitió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de repartir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de repetir.

Where the eye mixes repartió and repitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repartió runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against repitió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
repartió
7 ch
repitió

Visual trap between repartió and repitió

A purely visual mix-up. repartió ([repaɾˈt̪jo]) and repitió ([repiˈt̪jo]) 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 44652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartió is recorded at frequency rank #31,095, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪jo]. repitió is at rank #13,557, tagged as averb, pronounced [repiˈt̪jo].

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 44652, this pair ranks #135,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartió vs repitió

Shared letters: eiprtó. Private to "repartió": a. Private to "repitió": -.

"repartió" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "repitió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repartió" for "repitió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪jo] versus [repiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "repartió" or "repitió"?
"repitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,557 in our Spanish list, against #31,095 for "repartió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,879 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartió" and "repitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #135,879 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