repetidavsrepetiráTell them apart

Quick tell: repetida is a participle, repetirá is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“repetida” is a participle and “repetirá” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,805
“repetida” frequency rank
#31,959
“repetirá” frequency rank
52764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repetida repetirá
Definition Forma del femenino de repetido, participio de repetir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de repetir.

Where the eye mixes repetida and repetirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. repetida and repetirá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
repetida
8 ch
repetirá

Visual trap between repetida and repetirá

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repetida is [repeˈt̪ið̞a] while repetirá is [repet̪iˈɾa]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repetida is recorded at frequency rank #20,805, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [repeˈt̪ið̞a]. repetirá is at rank #31,959, tagged as averb, pronounced [repet̪iˈɾa].

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 52764, this pair ranks #91,135 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repetida vs repetirá

Shared letters: eiprt. Private to "repetida": ad. Private to "repetirá": á.

"repetida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "repetirá" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repetida ← erpetida · reeptida · repeitda · repetdia · repetiad · repetidda · repettida · reppetida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repetida" and "repetirá" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repetida" is a participle and "repetirá" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "repetida" or "repetirá" show up more?
"repetida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,805 in our Spanish list, against #31,959 for "repetirá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repetida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repetirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,135 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repetida" and "repetirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repetirá vs respetará". 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 #91,135 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