Which to use
“seguía” and “seguire” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,116
- “seguía” frequency rank
- #47,405
- “seguire” frequency rank
- 51521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seguía | seguire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de seguir. | seguir |
Where the eye mixes seguía and seguire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. seguía runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against seguire's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between seguía and seguire
A purely visual mix-up. seguía ([seˈɣ̞ia]) and seguire (/sɛ.ˈɡwi.re/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seguía is recorded at frequency rank #4,116, classified as averb, pronounced [seˈɣ̞ia]. seguire is at rank #47,405, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɛ.ˈɡwi.re/.
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 51521, this pair ranks #97,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of seguía vs seguire
Shared letters: egsu. Private to "seguía": aí. Private to "seguire": ir.
"seguía" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "seguire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- seguire ← ceguire · esguire · segguire · segiure · seguier · seguirre · segurie · seugire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seguía" and "seguire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "seguía" or "seguire" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "seguía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "seguire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seguía" and "seguire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seguire vs Segur". 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 #97,462 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.