sufridavssurgidaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sufrida is a noun, surgida is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sufrida” is a noun and “surgida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,503
“sufrida” frequency rank
#28,578
“surgida” frequency rank
50081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sufrida surgida
Definition Cama. Forma del femenino singular de surgido, participio de surgir.

Where the eye mixes sufrida and surgida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
sufrida
7 ch
surgida

Look-alike desk: sufrida vs surgida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sufrida is [suˈfɾið̞a] while surgida is [suɾˈxið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sufrida is recorded at frequency rank #21,503, classified as anoun, pronounced [suˈfɾið̞a]. surgida is at rank #28,578, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [suɾˈxið̞a].

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 50081, this pair ranks #105,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sufrida vs surgida

Shared letters: adirsu. Private to "sufrida": f. Private to "surgida": g.

"sufrida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "surgida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sufridasfurida · ssufrida · suffrida · sufirda · sufrdia · sufriad · sufridda · sufrrida
  • surgidasrugida · ssurgida · sugrida · surgdia · surggida · surgiad · surgidda · surigda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sufrida" for "surgida" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sufrida" is a noun and "surgida" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sufrida" vs "surgida" - which ranks higher?
"sufrida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,503 in our Spanish list, against #28,578 for "surgida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sufrida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "surgida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sufrida" and "surgida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "surgida vs surgirán". 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 #105,208 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