residióvsresidirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#44,980
“residió” frequency rank
#25,031
“residir” frequency rank
70011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature residió residir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de residir. Vivir habitualmente en un lugar.

Where the eye mixes residió and residir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. residió (CVCVCVV) and residir (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
residió
7 ch
residir

Look-alike desk: residió vs residir

A purely visual mix-up. residió ([resiˈð̞jo]) and residir ([resiˈð̞iɾ]) 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 a single letter - ó in “residió” becomes r in “residir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

residió is recorded at frequency rank #44,980, classified as averb, pronounced [resiˈð̞jo]. residir is at rank #25,031, tagged as averb, pronounced [resiˈð̞iɾ].

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 70011, this pair ranks #30,668 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of residió vs residir

Shared letters: deirs. Private to "residió": ó. Private to "residir": -.

"residió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "residir" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • residirersidir · recidir · reisdir · resdiir · residdir · residirr · residri · resiidr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "residió" and "residir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([resiˈð̞jo] versus [resiˈð̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "residió" or "residir"?
"residir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,031 in our Spanish list, against #44,980 for "residió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "residió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "residir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,668 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "residió" and "residir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "residían vs residió". 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 #30,668 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