Which to use
“sufren” and “sufrió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,952
- “sufren” frequency rank
- #4,200
- “sufrió” frequency rank
- 9152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sufren | sufrió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sufrir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de sufrir. |
Where the eye mixes sufren and sufrió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: sufren vs sufrió
A purely visual mix-up. sufren ([ˈsufɾẽn]) and sufrió ([suˈfɾjo]) 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 9152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sufren is recorded at frequency rank #4,952, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈsufɾẽn]. sufrió is at rank #4,200, tagged as averb, pronounced [suˈfɾjo].
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 9152, this pair ranks #302,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sufren vs sufrió
Shared letters: frsu. Private to "sufren": en. Private to "sufrió": ió.
"sufren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sufrió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sufren ← sfuren · ssufren · sufern · suffren · sufrenn · sufrne · sufrren · surfen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sufren" and "sufrió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sufren" or "sufrió" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sufren" and "sufrió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sufren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sufrió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sufren" and "sufrió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sufren vs sure". 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 #302,816 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.