reprimidovsreprimidosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#24,629
“reprimido” frequency rank
#32,854
“reprimidos” frequency rank
57483
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprimido reprimidos
Definition Participio de reprimir. Forma del plural de reprimido, participio de reprimir.

Where the eye mixes reprimido and reprimidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. reprimido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against reprimidos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reprimido
10 ch
reprimidos

Visual trap between reprimido and reprimidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reprimido is [repɾiˈmið̞o] while reprimidos is [repɾiˈmið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reprimido” sits inside “reprimidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reprimido is recorded at frequency rank #24,629, classified as averb, pronounced [repɾiˈmið̞o]. reprimidos is at rank #32,854, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repɾiˈmið̞os].

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 57483, this pair ranks #70,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reprimido vs reprimidos

Shared letters: deimopr. Private to "reprimido": -. Private to "reprimidos": s.

"reprimido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "reprimidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprimido ← erprimido · repirmido · repprimido · repriimdo · reprimdio · reprimiddo · reprimiod · reprimmido
  • reprimidos ← erprimidos · repirmidos · repprimidos · repriimdos · reprimdios · reprimiddos · reprimidoss · reprimidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reprimido" for "reprimidos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reprimido" is a verb and "reprimidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reprimido" or "reprimidos"?
"reprimido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,629 in our Spanish list, against #32,854 for "reprimidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprimido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reprimidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprimido" and "reprimidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprimidos vs reprimió". 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 #70,336 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