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Which to use

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

#11,128
“repartir” frequency rank
#42,125
“repartirse” frequency rank
53253
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartir repartirse
Definition Dividir algo entre varios destinos, personas, etc. Repartir (uso pronominal de ...)

Where the eye mixes repartir and repartirse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. repartir runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against repartirse's 10 (CVCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
repartir
10 ch
repartirse

Visual trap between repartir and repartirse

A purely visual mix-up. repartir ([repaɾˈt̪iɾ]) and repartirse ([repaɾˈt̪iɾse]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “repartir” sits inside “repartirse”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartir is recorded at frequency rank #11,128, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iɾ]. repartirse is at rank #42,125, tagged as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iɾse].

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 53253, this pair ranks #88,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repartir vs repartirse

Shared letters: aeiprt. Private to "repartir": -. Private to "repartirse": s.

"repartir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "repartirse" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repartir ← erpartir · reaprtir · reparitr · reparrtir · repartirr · repartri · reparttir · repatrir
  • repartirse ← erpartirse · reaprtirse · reparitrse · reparrtirse · repartirce · repartires · repartirrse · repartirsse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repartir" for "repartirse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪iɾ] versus [repaɾˈt̪iɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "repartir" or "repartirse" show up more?
"repartir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,128 in our Spanish list, against #42,125 for "repartirse". 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 "repartir" and "repartirse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repartirse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartir" and "repartirse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartirse vs repetirse". 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 #88,780 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