repuestosvsresueltosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,695
“repuestos” frequency rank
#17,275
“resueltos” frequency rank
31970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repuestos resueltos
Definition Forma del plural de repuesto, participio irregular de reponer o de reponerse. Forma del plural de resuelto, participio de resolver o de resolverse.

Where the eye mixes repuestos and resueltos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repuestos and resueltos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
repuestos
9 ch
resueltos

Visual trap between repuestos and resueltos

A purely visual mix-up. repuestos ([reˈpwest̪os]) and resueltos ([reˈswel̪t̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repuestos is recorded at frequency rank #14,695, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈpwest̪os]. resueltos is at rank #17,275, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [reˈswel̪t̪os].

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 31970, this pair ranks #204,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of repuestos vs resueltos

Shared letters: eorstu. Private to "repuestos": p. Private to "resueltos": l.

"repuestos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "resueltos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repuestoserpuestos · repeustos · reppuestos · repuesots · repuesstos · repuestoss · repuestso · repuesttos
  • resueltosersueltos · reseultos · ressueltos · resuelltos · resuelots · resueltoss · resueltso · resuelttos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "repuestos" and "resueltos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpwest̪os] versus [reˈswel̪t̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "repuestos" or "resueltos" show up more?
"repuestos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,695 in our Spanish list, against #17,275 for "resueltos". 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 "repuestos" and "resueltos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repuestos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resueltos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,381 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repuestos" and "resueltos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resueltos vs resultas". 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 #204,381 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