repetidavsrepetiréConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#20,805
“repetida” frequency rank
#43,829
“repetiré” frequency rank
64634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repetida repetiré
Definition Forma del femenino de repetido, participio de repetir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de repetir.

Where the eye mixes repetida and repetiré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
repetida
8 ch
repetiré

Look-alike desk: repetida vs repetiré

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: repetida is [repeˈt̪ið̞a] while repetiré is [repet̪iˈɾe]. 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 64634, 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]. repetiré is at rank #43,829, tagged as averb, pronounced [repet̪iˈɾe].

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 64634, this pair ranks #45,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repetida vs repetiré

Shared letters: eiprt. Private to "repetida": ad. Private to "repetiré": é.

"repetida" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "repetiré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repetidaerpetida · reeptida · repeitda · repetdia · repetiad · repetidda · repettida · reppetida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "repetida" for "repetiré" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "repetida" is a participle and "repetiré" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "repetida" or "repetiré" show up more?
"repetida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,805 in our Spanish list, against #43,829 for "repetiré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "repetida" and "repetiré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repetida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repetiré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repetida" and "repetiré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repetí vs repetiré". 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 #45,018 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