sigovssitioWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sigo is a verb, sitio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sigo” is a verb and “sitio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,919
“sigo” frequency rank
#439
“sitio” frequency rank
2358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sigo sitio
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de seguir. Una posición.

Where the eye mixes sigo and sitio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
sigo
5 ch
sitio

Look-alike desk: sigo vs sitio

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sigo is [ˈsiɣ̞o] while sitio is [ˈsit̪jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sigo is recorded at frequency rank #1,919, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsiɣ̞o]. sitio is at rank #439, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsit̪jo].

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 2358, this pair ranks #320,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sigo vs sitio

Shared letters: ios. Private to "sigo": g. Private to "sitio": t.

"sigo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sitio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sigocigo · isgo · sgio · siggo · siog · ssigo
  • sitiocitio · istio · siito · sitoi · sittio · ssitio · stiio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sigo" for "sitio" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sigo" is a verb and "sitio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sigo" or "sitio"?
"sitio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #439 in our Spanish list, against #1,919 for "sigo". 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 "sigo" and "sitio" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sitio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sigo" and "sitio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sigo vs sila". 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 #320,480 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